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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
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Tonight NOT THIS
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Tonight

• Define mindfulness
• Share overview of MBSR
• Look at mindfulness and stress
• Experience two MBSR mindfulness practices
• Think about how TRG might use MBSR practices

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Mindfulness is
a basic human quality, a way of learning to pay
wise attention to whatever is happening in our
lives allowing us a greater sense of connection
to our lives inwardly and outwardly. .a
practice, a systematic method aimed at
cultivating clarity, insight, and understanding.
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• Mindfulness is moment by moment, non-judgmental
  awareness cultivated by paying attention.
• Jon Kabat-Zinn

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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
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MBSR is a scientifically-based

• 8 wk patient educational program
• Teaches people how to take better care of
  themselves and live healthier and more adaptive
  lives.

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30 Years of Research

• 18,000 completed 8-wk program
• 8,000 health care professionals educators
• Adapted for leaders in business, government, and
  non-profits, inmates correctional staff,
  professional athletes, and clergy

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MBSR Programs

• 2-3 hours classes 1 x week
• Daily home practice of 45 mins
• Weekly mindfulness exercises
• 1 day of silent practice
• People have to be highly motivated and they
  are!

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Mindfulness Stress

• It is not the potential stressor itself but how
  you perceive it and then how you handle it that
  will determine whether it leads to stress.

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People who are able to let go of a bad event,
who can see it is impermanent and that their
situation will change, tend to be healthier..
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Patients Report

• Pain tension decrease
• Severity and frequency of headaches decreases
• Lowered blood pressure
• Increased capacity to be with emotions and body
  sensations
• Lessened anxiety and panic
• Increased concentration
• Moods stabilize

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Time to Experience Mindfulness
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Share your experiences

• What did you experience?
• What sensory observations did you make before
  eating it, when chewing it, afterwards?
• What was the experience of the 2nd object?

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What would it be like to bring this moment by
moment awareness to your everyday life
experiences?
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Body Scan
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• What did you notice about the body scan?
• Did you get lost or drift away?
• Did you sense all of the body parts?
• What surprised you?

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How Might TRG Use MBSR practices?
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Foundation for Mindfulness

1. Non-judging
2. Patience
3. Beginners Mind
4. Trust
5. Non-striving
6. Acceptance
7. Letting Go