An Introduction to Mindfulness for Educationalists - Amanda Bailey, Bright Futures Educational Trust
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MINDFULNESS An Introduction
Amanda BaileyBright Futures Educational Trust
Milton, 1667
The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make a Heav’n of Hell, a hell of Heav’n
?
Discuss in pairs:
• How was that?
• What did you notice?
Yesterday is history,
Tomorrow is a
mystery,
But today is a gift,
And that’s why it is
called the present.
Sensing
Seeing Tasting TouchingHearing Smelling
Thinking
Two modes of mind
ComparingPlanningAnalysing
Goal-settingRemembering
Conceptual
What is Mindfulness?
Mindfulness involves paying attention…on purpose
in the present moment
with curiosity and kindness
…to things as they are
• Since waking up today, what have you done on autopilot?
• Where do our minds tend to be when we’re on autopilot?
• What’s it like being on autopilot?
• What might the implications of the chocolate exercise and these reflections be for how you go through a day at work?
Why?
Figure 1. An example of growth in the mindfulness research literature across
30 years, 1980 - 2010
Notes. Results obtained from a search of the term "mindfulness" in the abstract and keywords of the ISI Web of Knowledge database on Feb. 5, 2011. The search was limited to publications with English language abstracts http://www.mindfulexperience.org/publications.php
PainAnger Eating
Sleeping
Stress
Depression
ExamsRelationships
Bodyscan
Discuss in pairs:
• How was that?
• What did you notice?
Attention is like a puppy
• It wanders around, sniffing aimlessly
• It doesn’t stay where you want it to• It makes messes
• It brings back things you didn’t ask for
firm, patient, kind
REPETITION
Mindfulness available on NHS
Professor Mark WilliamsOxford University
Mindfulness Centre
Effectiveness of the Mindfulness in Schools Programme: non- randomised controlled feasibility study
Universities of Exeter and Oxford
Phil Jackson – LA Lakers Basketball coach
“When players practice what’s known as mindfulness – being more embodied and paying attention to what’s actually happening – not only do they play better and win more, they also become more attuned to each other.”
Congressman Tim Ryan
Stop
Recognise
Breathe
‘Be’
Bodyscan
THANK YOU!