MEDITATION AND MINDFULNESS
There are a wealth of different types of meditation exercises you can choose from – our classes help you to find what suits you, and will take you through exercises to help with various conditions. Some of these meditations might be focusing on your breath, on an object, or a “guided” meditation, where your teacher will be talking throughout, encouraging you to focus on particular thoughts and issues. Almost all of our sessions incorporate meditation and mindfulness elements, bringing us to our next topic. WHAT IS MINDFULNESS? Given the huge amount of books published on the subject, we could offer a long explanation of this! The short explanation is best given by the founder of modern mindfulness, Jon Kabat-Zinn, who states: “Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way, on purpose, in the present moment, non judgmentally”. So, true “mindfulness” meditation is simply sitting with how you feel, right here, right now – not dwelling on the past, or looking ahead and thinking “what if”. It encourages us to live more freely, to move away from negative or destructive thought patterns, and to be more aware of what is happening in our lives, moment by moment. As well as more mindful styles of meditation, our sessions also encourage people to think more about practical mindfulness, and how taking a more mindful approach to everyday life can transform things for the better, for ourselves and others.
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Mindfulness for business
Having looked in my earlier blog post at how mindfulness might benefit your wider business, you might then be thinking, “How might this benefit me personally at work?” The key points are: Mindfulness Leaves Us Better Equipped To Deal With Stress Since work can often be a huge trigger for stress, mindfulness and meditation are a really positive and effective way to help deal with this. Whilst this won’t be a “magic bullet” to remove all stress from your life, being able to manage stress more effectively, and react to perceived sources of stress more appropriately, are two of the key benefits. This should leave you more able to try and face a day’s work with calmness and presence, even if you don’t feel that your day is a particularly calm one! Mindfulness Leaves Us Better Able To Deal With Criticism Not an easy one, since none us are ever thrilled to receive criticism about our work. However, if we can deal with this mindfully and reflectively, and to know when this might well be warranted, or indeed when it is not, this again helps in tackling work in a more effective way. Mindfulness Makes You A Better Leader We all know that in some organisations, you don’t have to be a manager to be a “leader”. However, whether you have a formal job title, or whether you are someone in the company who inspires others to do better, a “leader” will be someone who has focus, who listens, and who encourages their colleagues not to panic in the face of adversity. We have these qualities in all of us, and they can be further developed with mindfulness and meditation. |
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