Module 6
Using Mindfulness in Everyday Life
Mindfulness has been shown to significantly reduce burnout, stress and anxiety. This session will help participants better understand what mindfulness is and how to practice it. In part 1, Mandy Doria, MS, LPC, NCC, RYT-200 will discuss the foundations of mindfulness and offer tangible tools and strategies for how to be more present throughout the day. Part 2 with Emily Hemendinger, LCSW, MPH, CPH will discuss strategies of healthy behaviors, including mindful eating, mindful movement, and body gratitude. You will be able to participate in guided chair yoga and Emily will wrap up with a body scan.
For additional information and mindfulness and body gratitude exercises, refer to pages 21-27 from the Toolkit.
Video Part 1
Please watch this 3-minute Video on “Why Mindfulness is a Superpower”:
Video Part 2
Additional Resources for this Module:
- Audio Exercises
- Square Breathing Exercise that may reduce anxiety, complete the stress cycle, and can improve focus, memory, and energy (6 minutes)
- Five Finger Relaxation Visualization to increase self-esteem and reduce stress or complex feelings (7 minutes)
- Self-compassion Guided Practices and Exercises with Kristen Neff
- CU Anschutz Health and Wellness Center guided exercises, including Self-Compassion break
- Square Breathing Exercise that may reduce anxiety, complete the stress cycle, and can improve focus, memory, and energy (6 minutes)
- Self Assessment Tool
- Mindful Attention Awareness Scale to self-assess characteristics of mindfulness
- Websites
- CU Anschutz SOM Department of Psychiatry Resources on Mindfulness, Relaxation, Anxiety & Well-being.
- Mindfulness resources from the VIA Institute on Character
- Ten Percent Happier from Dan Harris
- The Myrna Brind Center for Mindfulness at Jefferson University Hospital, leader of MBSR research/programs
- Podcasts
- Brené Brown on Anxiety, Calm, + Over/Under-Functioning
- Dr. Marc Brackett and Brené on “Permission to Feel”
- Videos
- Box breathing/Square breathing from Healthline.com
- Guided audio and video practices from The Myrna Brind Center for Mindfulness
- Books
- Being Peace – Thich Nhat Nanh
- The Tao of Pooh – Benjamin Hoff
- Wherever You Go There You Are – Jon Kabat-Zinn
- The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to be Calm and Mindful in a Fast-Paced World – Haemin Sunim
- The Miracle of Mindfulness – Thich Nhat Nanh
- The Power of Now – Eckhart Tolle
- Untethered Soul – Michael A. Singer
- When Things Fall Apart // Comfortable with Uncertainty – Pema Chödrön
- Tao te Ching – Lao Tzu translated by William Scott Wilson
- The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
- Articles
- What is Loving-Kindness Meditation? from PositivePsychology.com
- Other/Apps
- Waking Up from Sam Harris
- Headspace
- Insight Timer
- 10 Percent Happier
MINDFUL EATING AND MOVEMENT Resources:
- Websites
- Health at Every Size
- Body Scan Meditation From Greater Good in Action at Berkeley
- Intuitiveeating.org
- Podcasts
- The Body is not an Apology from Brene Brown and Sonya Renee Taylor
- Videos
- Body Scan on YouTube with Jon Kabat-Zinn
- “Yoga With Adriene” Short Videos on YouTube
- Books
- The Body is not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love – Sonya Renee Taylor
- Intuitive Eating: An Anti-diet Revolutionary Approach - Elyse Resch and Evelyn Tribole
- Articles
- 58 Science-Based Mindful Eating Exercises and Tips from PositivePsychology.com
- 6 Ways to Practice Mindful Eating from mindful.org