Mindfulness Meditation

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  • Benefits of Mindfulness Meditation

    Mindfulness meditation is an ancient practice where practitioners focuses on being in the present moment. It is a practice that is used to help still the mind and awaken conscious awareness. The practice of mindfulness meditation helps to condition the mind and body to better withstand events that cause stress and increase feelings of well being. Correspondingly, although scientific approaches to the study of meditation have varied, it has become evident that practice of meditation results in improvement of various measures of health. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=hstat1b.section.107855 Although mindfulness meditation had its beginnings within the Buddhist tradition, there is a similar practices within Judaism and the Christian traditions.http://www.steps2peace.com/Jewish_Mindfulness_Practice.html The Christian practice is called Centering Prayer. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2147071/centering_prayer_for_stress_management.html?cat=34

  • Categories of Mindfulness Meditation

    Though described slightly differently by Eastern and Western interpreters, mindfulness meditation generally refers to meditation practices that cultivate awareness, acceptance, non-judgment, and require paying attention to the present moment. This category includes Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Vipassana meditation, Zen Buddhist meditation, and other mindfulness meditation practices. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=hstat1b.section.107807

  • The Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts

    The Center for Mindfulness is directed by Dr. Saki F. Santorelli, author of "Heal Thy Self." The Center is within the Department of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Established in 1995 by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, the Center is an out-growth of the Stress Reduction Clinic, the world's first and largest stress reduction program in an academic medical center. The Stress Reduction Clinic was founded in 1979 by Dr. Kabat-Zinn. More than 17,000 people have completed the eight-week MBSR program. http://www.umassmed.edu/Content.aspx?id=42434/ref?

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