MB Mindfulness

Post written by Kristopher Jones Meditation is much more than a buzzword in alternative lifestyle circles.  The benefits of meditation are real and documented.    I’ve personally been practicing Transcendental Meditation since last April and have reaped the benefits in my personal and professional life. Don’t believe me? Consider the success of people like Oprah Winfrey , Jerry Seinfeld  and  David Lynch who practice it.  Transcendental Meditation is a silent form of meditation that's practiced with your eyes closed for 15 to 20 minutes twice per day. But Transcendental Meditation is a bit different from other types of meditation. As opposed to clearing your thoughts, Transcendental Meditation focuses on channeling your mind on a single mantra that is repeated over and over. For me, this has the effect of encouraging relaxation while sharpening my focus.  Transcendental Meditation is so popular that it's even ...

By Moris Beracha .- Mindfulness is basically to be fully attending to where we are and what we are doing. This practice is not only for adults and can help children at home to be calm, enjoy more their games and increase their concentration when doing their homework. There are thousands of mindful exercises that can be practiced by children, but they require parents and guardians’ supervision and guide, always explaining the benefits they can bring. For example, have the child lie down and breathe slowly, making him aware of how the air passes through his nose, lungs and even his belly. Repeat several times and explain that with this technique the child can get away his anger or nervousness. Another exercise that kids like a lot is going to sleep with a smile. Turning it into a routine will make them rest better. Help them remember a happy moment they lived that day and think about it. It should be noted that mindful practices for children has be...

By Moris Beracha .-  In countries such as Spain, Great Britain and the United States, Mindfulness is used at schools to help children cope with concentration and attention problems. The strategy is based on not using it as an additional subject, but as a practice that is integrated in several subjects. According to RPP, integrating Mindfulness practices into children’s daily, in-class experience consists of sitting with them to feel their breathing. Then, they should pay attention to the inner and outer world sensations experienced in the moment. Also, they should manage to reinforce positive feelings such as compassion and gratitude. To motivate their practice, parents and teachers must incorporate this discipline into their daily life experiences. This, in addition to learning to breathe and listen attentively, means not to contradict what is being pursued. Rea the original post here .

Dos investigaciones norteamericanas han revelado que la meditación o el yoga pueden tener efectos positivos en los niños y en los jóvenes, al mejorar sus condiciones psicosociales y su bienestar emocional, incluso en situaciones vitales difíciles. Los beneficios podrían deberse a ciertos cambios cerebrales que estas prácticas provocan. Por Yaiza Martínez Un estudio realizado por especialistas de la Universidad de Tulane, en Luisiana, EEUU, ha revelado que la práctica del yoga y de un tipo de meditación conocida como mindfulness en las escuelas puede ayudar a los alumnos a mejorar su salud emocional y a aumentar su bienestar. La investigación se hizo en una escuela pública de Nueva Orleans, con un grupo de estudiantes de tercer curso al que se dividió aleatoriamente en dos subgrupos. El primero de ellos, de control, estuvo formado por 32 estudiantes que recibieron una atención habitual, en la que se incluían el asesoramiento y otras actividades dirigidas por un trabajad...

  Meditation session: Sharn Rocco with students of Nowendoc Public School during one of their weekly mindfulness lessons. Picture: supplied  By  Julia Driscoll Nowendoc Public School is tiny, befitting the size of the tiny village situated in the Northern Tablelands of NSW. It has only five students. But being a tiny country school does not mean it is ‘backward’ in any way. In fact, it offers something to its students most larger public schools don’t have – a mindfulness and meditation program. The school’s teaching principal, Kathy Bourke, says that wellbeing is a major focus for both students and teachers. When meditation and mindfulness practitioner, teacher, researcher and teacher educator Sharn Rocco started living in the area every summer four years ago, she offered to volunteer her time and skills once a week, every week to teach the children techniques in mindfulness and meditation.  It has changed the children’s, and by extension the teachers’...