Mindfulness of breath. There are obvious benefits to using breath as your focus but it’s nice to have a variety to your breathing exercises. Dr. Anthony Weil has 3 easy breathing exercises that will improve as you practice them.
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Merlin Mann on Mindfulness
Merlin Mann is a guru of getting things done and Getting Things Done. Here is an article he wrote about the benefit of mindfulness to productivity.
Mindfulness in Plain English
When teaching mindfulness as a DBT skill as often as I do - up to 10 times per month - I have to come up with new material to keep my classes, and myself, interested. Often, group members have heard the typical DBT core “what” mindfulness skills of:
- Observe
- Describe
- Participate
And the “how” skills of:
- Non-judgementally
- One-mindfully
- Effectively
But rarely have they been exposed to the actual origins of the DBT skill of mindfulness. In my studies, I’ve found that it’s a very deep and complex topic. I’ve not even been able to scratch the surface and I wish I had the time to understand it better.
To that end, I’ve been Mindfulness In Plain English to help guide my reading and discussion points. Yes, that’s the full book as a .pdf. Unbelievably, the publisher has allowed us to post it for free as long as I don’t charge you for it. Quite amazing. Please feel free to re-distribute it far and wide.