Reflection On Group Reflection

This source provides a description of the pedagogical revolution that is occurring in our universities regarding mindfulness. University curriculums are now being implemented with mindfulness. This will for a greater dissemination of mindfulness and I want to discuss this specifically in my

In chapter 10 it is said that “A disciple should develop a mind which is in no way dependent upon sights, sounds, smells, tastes, sensory sensations or any mental conceptions. A disciple should develop a mind which does not rely on anything.” I feel like this advice given by Buddha would be excellent steps towards achieving mindfulness.

Murphy, M. (2006). Taming the anxious mind: An 8-week mindfulness meditation group at a university counseling center. Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 21, 5-13.

This paper is about my experience with mindfulness based meditation and scientific inquiry of these experiences. Mindfulness based meditation is describes as technique used to cultivate nonreactive, non-judgmental and stable awareness of the present moment (Garland and Gaylord, 2009). The end goal is to sustain this meta-cognitive state for a long period of time. I practiced non-denominational form of mindfulness based meditation for the first time in my psychology class, which was devoted towards intellectual and experiential examination of meditation. The practice was conducted in a group it was instructed by our own professor and it begun at the end of class. There was one sessions per week and each session was structured meaning it was

Teaching mindfulness might be thought to be simple, but in real sense it’s actually not easy to do effectively because one must first

Mindfulness is another way of meditation. Meditation was used to seek to improve one’s psychological or physical health, or spiritual growth. (Brantley, 2007). The history of Mindfulness comes from Buddhism and his search for enlightenment and a foundation of the four noble truths. The Buddha teaching focus on the four noble truths which consist of knowing suffering exists, there is a cause of suffering, there is cessation of suffering and there is a path that leads to the cessation of suffering. (Van Gordon, 2015). The four noble truths were not only there to represent the Buddha’s experiential understanding of suffering, but also to express the truth (Van Gordon, 2015). Studies of Buddhism and the Four Noble Truths teach us that there is always going to be suffering in our life but to find ways to overcome suffering (Tsering, 2005).

All the questions that were laid out in the interview were answered in great detail being able to give a bit more back ground information on Triple M. As the interview was only produced by one teacher, each question wasn’t as packed with information than what was panned, but within that one interview there are very detailed answers that produce long and reasonable answers for each question. The data collected was the main source of research, and did back up some of the current information on websites. Such as, how mindfulness id helping benefit students, this was a major question asked in the interview but some websites back up this question as well. Showing that it helps the students by enjoyable and creative as well as productive, helping you to stay calm, focused and better manage the pressures of student life (Mindfulness for students, 2016) (Charlotte Twizell,

Meditation is something that, prior to this semester, I had never experienced. I wanted to incorporate it into my self-care plan because I struggle with stress management and pessimism. Negative thoughts and feelings will sometimes get the best of me; meditation seemed like a good habit to create in order to control and manage my stress and cynicism. Meditation was difficult at first, but the more I practiced it the easier it became. It assisted me in processing my feelings and thoughts, more importantly it led me to insights about myself. It helped me to understand how I function and areas where I need to improve. For example, I never processed my fear surrounding death; meditation assisted me in recognizing that my fear stems not from my facing my own mortality, but rather from the prospect of losing my son or husband. Nothing scares me more than losing them in any form, and death is a form of loss. Meditation also assisted me in recognizing areas where I have improved, but previously did not observe (e.g. my view of alcoholism has drastically changed and for the better). Finally, meditation helped me to process some extremely intense negative emotions unrelated to the course (having learned to meditate could not have happened at a more necessary time). Meditation was by far the most useful self-care activity for me; it is one habit I plan to cultivate and utilize throughout my

In conclusion, the “Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings of Buddhism” principles guide people how to make their life better and have different perspective of the world. In addition, the principles help people to reset their mind and change the way they used to live in the best way. Moreover, the principles do not only help people, but they also help the civilized society and the influence of modernization by human action after reading these

Mindfulness has slowly crept into modern day America and has become commonly thought as unattached from its Buddhist origin. In order to attract customers and adherents, writers and teachers of mindfulness separated it from Buddhism. Secular practitioners still benefit from mindfulness, not as a religious meditative ritual, but as a concentration and thinking technique that can improve their wellbeing and efficiency. Even if mindfulness is used as an improved thinking tool and health practice, it remains linked to the Buddhist religion and ideals, and a clear ignorance of that relationship is wrong no matter the benefits. The appropriation of mindfulness into secular America also definitely waters down core Buddhist principles such as the

It's too religious for me. It's true that mindfulness meditation has its roots in Eastern traditions and Buddhism. But Jon Kabat-Zinn brought the skills and practice of mindfulness into the mainstream over 20 years ago. The mindfulness skills I teach are not based in religion and are practiced by those of any or no faith. They can be used in a religious context, but the approach I use for clients is non-secular.

During my mental health and psychiatric clinical rotation, one of the tasks I had to perform was assembling a group meeting for the patients on the unit. This type of clinical was completely different than previous clinicals. In the past, clinical consisted of medical interventions such as head to toe assessments, administering medications, and helping a patient ambulate. The focus of this clinical was quite different. Interventions focused more on the patient’s mental well-being and having the ability to not only interact with patients, but make them feel comfortable enough to express all and any type of feelings. After weeks of conversing with different patients, there were a few overall recurring concerns each patient had. They felt it difficult at times to turn negative situations or thoughts into positives and in turn this contributed to elevated levels of stress. With this in mind, I decided to conduct my group around cognitive behavioral therapy, reframing thoughts, and positive affirmations. These three topics combined not only could help the patients change their negative thought processes, but they can be used as a guide to help them in the future.

The bulk of literature examining the effectiveness of mindfulness consists of qualitative studies. Of those studies, the focus has been on how effective mindfulness interventions and therapies are for clients and not so much regarding mindfulness practices of clinicians and its implications.

Before taking the class, and before really understanding the benefits of mindfulness, I must admit, I did not really take mindfulness exercises seriously. I tried a few exercises, led by a phone application, but I constantly wondered what these exercises were supposed to achieve. I always thought to myself, “I know what happens around me, being mindful is great, but specific exercises for this seemed exaggerated.”

The results of this study showed significant improvement in quality of life, anxiety, and blood pressure in the meditation group. While in controls, quality of life deteriorated and there was no improvement in blood pressure.