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The Science of Mindfulness: A Research-Based Path to Well-Being
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- S1 A1 – Why Mindfulness Matters31 maj 202034minBegin by exploring the nature of mindfulness practice as a means of developing awareness with acceptance of our present experience. Review its remarkable range of psychological and physical benefits, dispel common misconceptions, and uncover the three core skills it employs as part of an empirically-supported path to well-being.Videon är inte tillgänglig för tillfället
- S1 A2 – Our Troublesome Brains31 maj 202031minHere, discover how our brains are actually predisposed, evolutionarily, to psychological distress. Learn about the human "negativity bias," and how our tendency to both anticipate and try to avoid pain leads to problems. Consider what mindfulness teaches us about the mind, and what challenges might arise in practicing mindfulness - beginning with awareness of breath.Videon är inte tillgänglig för tillfället
- S1 A3 – Informal, Formal, and Intensive Practices31 maj 202031minGrasp how mindfulness, like physical fitness, must be developed through regular and sustained practice. Investigate ways of cultivating mindfulness during daily activities such as bathing or driving, and understand the significant benefits of formal meditative practice and intensive retreats. Learn also about walking and eating meditation.Videon är inte tillgänglig för tillfället
- S1 A4 – Who Am I? The Perils of Self31 maj 202031minNow grapple with one of the most fundamental and challenging insights that come from mindfulness practice. With reference to both cognitive science and traditional Buddhist thought, observe how the human mind creates the illusory sense of a "separate" self, and how this conception of separateness is itself the cause of suffering.Videon är inte tillgänglig för tillfället
- S1 A5 – Mindfulness or Psychotherapy?31 maj 202032minDelve into the implications of mindfulness practice for psychological well-being. Learn how mindfulness practice works toward many of the same goals as psychotherapy. Explore how the ultimate aim of traditional mindfulness practice diverges from earlier Western psychology in proposing a more radical path to psychological, emotional, and spiritual freedom.Videon är inte tillgänglig för tillfället
- S1 A6 – Attention and Empathy in Relationships31 maj 202032minSee how mindfulness practices train us to embrace our moment-to-moment experience. Learn how this capacity allows us to be with discomfort and to freely tolerate all emotional states, and how this can positively affect our relationships through cultivating empathy, open-mindedness, and mental flexibility.Videon är inte tillgänglig för tillfället
- S1 A7 – The Science of Compassion and Self-Compassion31 maj 202031min"Compassion" is empathy for suffering that includes a desire to alleviate it. Learn how compassion for oneself is associated with virtually every desirable psychological outcome. Learn steps and exercises to cultivate compassion both for yourself and others, and review studies on the benefits of developing compassion.Videon är inte tillgänglig för tillfället
- S1 A8 – Tailoring Practices to Fit Changing Needs31 maj 202032minIn choosing mindfulness practices for your own life, consider seven different criteria or questions to ask, such as which mindfulness skills to emphasize; whether to favor secular or religious approaches; and when to do practices that cultivate a sense of safety as opposed to those that work with difficult psychological material.Videon är inte tillgänglig för tillfället
- S1 A9 – Modifying Our Brain Function and Structure31 maj 202031minTake a thorough look at mindfulness and brain function. Review studies that show how mindfulness practice activates areas of the brain that regulate emotions, integrate thoughts and feelings, increase empathy, and facilitate learning and memory, while also retaining more brain matter and staving off aspects of cognitive decline typically associated with aging.Videon är inte tillgänglig för tillfället
- S1 A10 – Solitude - An Antidote to Loneliness31 maj 202031minExplore how mindfulness and compassion practices deepen connection and communication with others, and also cultivate an awareness of "interbeing" - our connection to the larger world. Review data showing how mindfulness skills enhance relationships, and see how mindfulness fosters the ability to be alone, a capacity essential for intimacy.Videon är inte tillgänglig för tillfället
- S1 A11 – Connecting with Children and Adolescents31 maj 202030minMindfulness practice offers distinct benefits for caregivers of young people. Observe how mindfulness training helps us enter a child's world through developing spontaneity and sensitivity, as well as fostering effective responses to misbehavior. Also learn mindfulness techniques that children and young people can use themselves.Videon är inte tillgänglig för tillfället
- S1 A12 – Seeing Sadness and Depression in a New Light31 maj 202032minGrasp how depression involves shutting down and turning away from pain, and how mindfulness practice turns our attention to the experience at hand, thus challenging the depressive stance. Observe how mindfulness changes our relationship to thoughts, moods, and feelings, allowing us to see them as transient events.Videon är inte tillgänglig för tillfället
- S1 A13 – Befriending Fear, Worry, and Anxiety31 maj 202032minInvestigate the nature of anxiety and fear, seeing their roots in fantasies about the future. Consider how we typically cope with worry and anxiety by distracting ourselves, and how mindfulness training can free us from anxiety through directly facing our fears while grounded in the present moment.Videon är inte tillgänglig för tillfället
- S1 A14 – Transforming Chronic Pain31 maj 202032minReview substantial evidence that the vast majority of chronic back pain is actually stress-related, and learn about the effects of negative emotions on the body. Discover how mindfulness practice offers an effective approach to dealing with physical pain, through changing our relationship to both the symptom and to pain-related thinking.Videon är inte tillgänglig för tillfället
- S1 A15 – Placebos, Illness, and the Power of Belief31 maj 202031minExplore the extraordinary power of the mind to affect our subjective experience of the body. Review astonishing data on the effectiveness of placebos in medical treatment, and learn how mindfulness practice can aid in treating conditions such as insomnia, sexual dysfunction, gastrointestinal problems, and illness anxiety.Videon är inte tillgänglig för tillfället
- S1 A16 – Interrupting Addiction and Troublesome Habits31 maj 202033minInvestigate the nature of compulsive behaviors and the psychological patterns that keep them in place. Observe how mindful awareness can dismantle these patterns, allowing us to be with changing waves of feelings and urges without having to act on them. Learn about effective mindfulness-based programs for a range of problematic behaviors.Videon är inte tillgänglig för tillfället
- S1 A17 – Overcoming Traumas Large and Small31 maj 202032minStudy how trauma affects the mind, and how the tendency to suppress traumatic experiences leads to painful symptoms and unhealthy behavior. Grasp the ways in which mindfulness techniques can be highly effective for processing and integrating avoided feelings, and learn four practical steps for working with traumatic material.Videon är inte tillgänglig för tillfället
- S1 A18 – Groundbreaking Mindfulness Programs31 maj 202030minWe are now seeing the wide-scale adoption of mindfulness practices into many healthcare settings. Study the approaches and benefits of pioneering programs such as Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and learn additional techniques that can deepen any mindfulness practice.Videon är inte tillgänglig för tillfället
- S1 A19 – The Neurobiology of Self-Preoccupation31 maj 202031minScience is now able to measure brain activity related to self-referential thinking - self-focused thought patterns that tend to correlate with distress. Examine findings from recent studies showing that experienced meditators can quickly step out of the self-preoccupied thought stream, with significant benefits for their ability to deal with pain and to cultivate wellness.Videon är inte tillgänglig för tillfället
- S1 A20 – Growing Up Isn't Easy - Facing Impermanence31 maj 202029minMindfulness traditions teach us that facing impermanence can be extraordinarily liberating. Assess your readiness, and consider how mindfulness practices offer a different way of relating to the realities of aging, sickness, and death itself, and how cultivating deep attention to the present moment allows us to freely enjoy all the stages of life.Videon är inte tillgänglig för tillfället
- S1 A21 – Toward a Science of Wisdom31 maj 202031minToday, scientific psychologists are beginning to grapple with the question of what wisdom is and how it may be developed. Examine current experimental models for studying wisdom, and discover the key elements of wisdom they identify. Review eight ways that mindfulness practices can help us to develop wisdom.Videon är inte tillgänglig för tillfället
- S1 A22 – The Promise of Enlightenment31 maj 202032minThe ultimate goal of traditional mindfulness practice is a psychological transformation known as "enlightenment." Grasp the nature of this awakening in practical terms and learn about various pitfalls and challenges people encounter along the path, including spiritual materialism, foundations for awareness, and interpersonal contexts.Videon är inte tillgänglig för tillfället
- S1 A23 – Mindful Ethics as a Path to Freedom31 maj 202032minRecent research suggests a bilateral relationship between ethics and well-being. Consider five ethical precepts, and use them as tools of inquiry to observe which actions lead to suffering for ourselves and others. Learn how to develop an empirically derived ethical code - one not received as doctrine, but based in personal experience.Videon är inte tillgänglig för tillfället
- S1 A24 – The New Science of Happiness31 maj 202040minFinally, learn about the new field of positive psychology, and how mindfulness practices foster empirically-supported paths to happiness. Consider the many things that we mistakenly assume will produce happiness, and the alternative of a reliable avenue to well-being, grounded in attention to the present moment, engagement in life, gratitude, and connectedness to others.Videon är inte tillgänglig för tillfället
- S1 A25 – Bonus Meditation: Breath Awareness Practice31 maj 202028minBonus MeditationVideon är inte tillgänglig för tillfället
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