Mindfulness
Social Rejection Hurts. Mindfulness Therapy Helps
Social Rejection Hurts Mindfulness Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps. Brain activation changes. Reduced Social Distress and Social Anxiety. Social rejection can have a myriad of negative outcomes. Social rejection, exclusion, and isolation affects a person’s emotional, mental, and physical health as well as their interpersonal relationships. Mindfulness Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (MCBT) Mindfulness Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (MCBT)…
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Resilient You
Every day and every moment gives you an opportunity to start over and be resilient. You are resilient and are capable to withstand and recover quickly from difficult conditions. You may not think so, but that is just your conditioned thought patterns. Conditioned thought patterns & core beliefs result in conditioned patterns of responding: actions…
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Mindfulness Practice and Practice of Presence
Rhys Davids in 1881 coined the word “mindfulness” from the original seminal text in the Buddhist teachings, the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta. Rhys Davids translated “Sati” from the Buddhist context “present-moment awareness” to “mindfulness”. I do not find any literature why Rhys Davis chose “mindfulness”. As “mindfulness” is not an accurate translation of “Sati”. The use of…
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The Practice of Mindfulness and the Practice of Sati
The Practice of “Mindfulness” and the Practice of “SATI” YANG and YIN What is mindfulness? Rhys Davids in 1910 coined the word “mindfulness” from the original seminal text in the Buddhist teachings, the satipaṭṭhāna sutta. Rhys Davids translated “Sati” from the Buddhist context “present-moment awareness” to “mindfulness”. I do not find any literature why Rhys…
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Mindfulness: transforming difficult emotions
How do you transform the relationship you have with your emotions? I recommend several different techniques and the rationale behind them. I will be succinct and straight forward in my recommendations, all of which fall into the category of “Mind Training” or “Lojong”. Mind training originates from the Eastern practices and wisdoms that are more…
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