Mindfulness

"Mindfulness as a practice is thousands of years old. In fact it exists in every single religious and spiritual tradition that I have ever heard of. Both western and eastern spiritual tradition - it just goes by different names. Now, what's interesting about it is and what is interesting to me also a scientist, is that although that's the spiritual tradition, and mindfulness has been there for years, what's been happening over the last, I don't know, ten years or so, maybe fifteen, there's been an emerging tradition in western science that's been looking at the very same practice. "  MINDFULNESS SKILLS  Understand “Dialectical” and Validation Dialectical: What is DBT? Validation  Taking Control of Your Attention and Thoughts.  Mindfulness is balancing emotion mind and wise mind. States of Mind: Reasonable Mind Emotion Mind Wise Mind Using the What Skills: Observe Describe Participate Using the How Skills: Non-judgmentally Effectively One-mindfully: Conscious Breathing Doing One Thing at a Time A Day of Mindfulness Mindfulness Practice Exercises   more posts on  Mindfulness Module Mindfulness at DBT Self Help

MINDFULNESS SKILLS FOR PARENTS AND CHILDREN DIALECTIC: "BOTH/AND" creating win/win with Parent and Child VALIDATION WISE MIND: balance between emotions and thought WHAT: observe, describe, participate HOW: non-judgmentally, effectively, one-mindfully More Posts on Mindful Parenting Articles elsewhere: Parenting with Dialectical Behavior Therapy Validation Strategies ... Dialectical Behavior Therapy Validation Strategies for Parents Mindful Parenting Recorded Meditations 12 Exercises for Mindful Parenting