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How Mindfulness Creates a Thriving Positive Organization: The 3 Key Psychological Factors to Success
Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, MAPP, PCC at the 2019 Mindful Leadership Summit. With increased global volatility, companies rely on a strong positive organizational culture and a resilient workforce to thrive. Learn how to use the science of Positive Psychology to build your team's creative, social, mental and emotional capital. And discover how mindfulness practices can drive the psychological factors which lead to success.
Emiliya Zhivotovskaya is a leading voice in the world of positive psych…
Kindfulness-Based Stress Reduction — KBSR?
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By Cassie Schindler, guest contributor
Right there, in the foreword of Jon-Kabat Zinn’s powerful book, Mindfulness for All; The Wisdom to Transform the World, he coins the word kindfulness, knowing that someone would pick it up, and expand, rather than exploit, its relevance. I hope to do that with this writing.
If the name of the 8-week MBSR course began with the word kindfulness instead of mindfulness, would you register? Would you have a clear und…
How Can We Transform the Effects of Racial Inequity in Mindfulness Spaces?
By Rose Mina Munjee, guest contributor
Introduction
The social justice issues of racism and oppression of racialized people and their intersectionality, including social location and gender are explored here through examining the lived experiences of racialized mindfulness practitioners (1). Certain skills and approaches grounded in mindfulness and compassion and characteristics of mindfulness teachers, programs, and practice spaces are suggested as potential resources to help alleviate the …
How to Practice Acceptance Without Being Complacent
By Dave Potter, guest contributor
The concepts of “acceptance” and “non-striving" in mindfulness practice are difficult to understand because they seem to imply passivity and inaction. I don’t think I’ve ever taught a mindfulness class in which a student didn’t question mindful “acceptance” with concerns that it would lead to passivity:
“How does “acceptance” and “non-striving” apply when being attacked, verbally or physically?”
But “acceptance”, in the context of mindfulness, does not im…
3 Questions that Strike the Vital Point of MBSR
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By Janet Solyntjes, guest contributor
Several days ago I received a list of common questions that potential MBSR participants have voiced to the staff at Mindful Leader. In looking over the list I thought I would address one, but found that three questions, when combined, strike the heart of what we could call the MBSR experiential journey. These questions represent the beginning, middle, and end of any journey one might take: the view, practice, and r…
A Neuro-Somatic Approach to Activating Interoceptive Awareness for Enhanced Self-Regulation and Self-Leadership
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Fleet Maull, PhD, CMT-P at the 2019 Mindful Leadership Summit. Given the serious social, economic, political and environmental challenges we face today, especially the potential for significant economic and social disruption caused by climate change, individual and collective resilience may become one of our highest priorities. In this session, you will learn the physiology and neurobiology underlying a deeply embodied approach to meditation called Neuro-Som…
Autonomy, Competence, and Connection: The Backbone of MBSR
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By Anna Smyth, guest contributor
What exactly will I get out of an MBSR class?
This is the most common question I hear from prospective students. While considering an MBSR course, you may have some assumptions about what a “class” might involve such as lectures, course materials, group discussions, etc. At the end of an 8-week MBSR course, many of my students express surprise at how much they experienced and learned—much more than anticipated. But what…
How Mindfulness Helps Musicians Perform - Research and Techniques
By Larissa Hall Carlson, guest contributor
Working as a professional musician is incredibly demanding. Common challenges like intense competition, performance stress, long tours, burnout, and repetitive-movement injuries can prevent musicians from performing at their best. In their study of 2,536 adult musicians, Gembris, Heye, and Seifert (1) discovered that in addition to stage fright, when consistent pressure to perform well triggers music performance anxiety (MPA) in orchestral musicians pe…
Case Study: Mindfulness @ Humana - 25% More Mindful
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Patti Coan at the 2019 Mindful Leadership Summit. Learn about Humana's evolution around embodying the wisdom needed to work authentically through the power of reflection and practice. Of over 40,000 employees, 10,000 have opted into the grass roots mindfulness culture at Humana. You will leave this session with ideas to create or enhance approaches to mindfulness at work.
Finding Unconditional Spaces in Which to Grow
By Joy Reichart, New Ventures West, guest contributor
“Sorry, remind me how to pronounce your name?” I asked.
I knew about her alcoholic mother, about her cancer scare. I knew how many children she had, their ages, and what they were up to. I knew that she hoped to help teens and young adults with her coaching, inspired by her own difficulties as a youth and the kinds of situations she’s been privy to as an adjunct college professor. I knew that a pervasive fear of scarcity ruled many of the…