Listen to Responding vs. Reacting
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6. Awareness of Feelings
Listen to Awareness of Feelings
- Each of us, children and adults alike, tend to respond to our feelings in a rather habitual way.
- We typically reside somewhere along the continuum of ignoring (suppressing) feelings or being controlled (overwhelmed) by them.
- Mindfulness helps give us insight into the patterns we have with reacting to our feelings. With practice, we can “have our feelings without our feeling having us;” meaning, we are aware of our feelings without them controlling our behavior.
- The way we respond to our feelings can directly impact our own suffering. Consider the equation below:
Pain x Resistance= Suffering
Unpleasantness x Wanting Things to be Different= Upset
(child friendly version)
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5. Noticing Pleasant Events
Listen to Noticing Pleasant Events
- “The mind is like Velcro for negative experiences,” psychologist Rick Hanson is fond of saying, “and Teflon for positive ones.”
- How can noticing pleasant events rewire your brain to be more positive, connected, and empathetic?
- Strategies for how to notice and connect more to positive events throughout the day.
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4. Thought Watching
Listen to Thought Watching
- Mindfulness gives us the ability to notice our thoughts in a non-judgmental and curious way.
- All of us have an inner critic. Dr. Amy Saltzman refers to this inner critic as, “unkind mind.”
- Once we start bringing awareness to when, why, and where “unkind mind” shows up, we can be more in control of how we choose to respond.
- Keep in mind that some thoughts are simply that: just a thought. We don’t need to try to judge, fix or change them. With the analogy of our own “thought bubbles”, can we notice our thoughts come and go? If you wait long enough, the bubble will eventually “pop”, the thought will go away, and a new thought will emerge.
- Thoughts are not facts. Perceptions of ourselves and others are not always accurate.
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3. Mindful Eating
Listen to an Introduction to Mindful Eating
- How to introduce mindful eating to your child.
- How does mindful eating relate to daily life?
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2. Listen to How to Make Yoga a YES for Everyone with Denise Druce.
Listen to How to Make Yoga a YES for Everyone with Denise Druce.
In this episode, I am thrilled to have the opportunity to interview Denise Druce. Denise Druce holds a special place in my heart. It is because of her yoga teacher training, Yoga Assets, that I am a yoga instructor. I can’t wait to share with you how yoga teacher training (aka transformation) changed my life. We also dive into Denise’s TEDx talk, How Yoga Training Re-Creates Prison Environments for Inmates.
Here are some of the topics we cover:
- Why yoga teacher training?
- What sets Yoga Assets apart from other trainings?
- Taking yoga where it isn’t: into the Utah prison systems
- Denise’s mission and non profit: Yoga Forward
- What can yoga teach us during quarantine?
For nearly four decades, Denise Druce has been inspiring people to live healthier, happier lives. She calls herself an Elevator…when you’re around her, you’re going up! Denise has taught a wide variety of fitness classes over the years, from step to indoor cycling to her current and lasting love, yoga. She teaches her students to stand at the “Soft Edge of the Hard Place” in fitness and in life. Her non-profit Yoga Forward is “taking yoga where it isn’t”…prisons, shelters, schools, and shopping malls. She has a Masters Degree in Public Health, is a Yoga Alliance E-RYT500, and is a breast cancer Thriver. She spends most weekends on the road, making the world a better place by getting more people trained to teach yoga everywhere. Denise and her husband, Michael live in Salt Lake City with their three boys.
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1. Welcome to the Incorporate Mindfulness
Listen to an Introduction to Mindfulness
“Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.”- Jon Kabat-Zinn
“Mindfulness is paying attention in the here and now with kindness and curiosity so that we can choose our behavior.” – Dr. Amy Saltzman
Discussion Points:
- Brief Introduction from Michelle
- What Is Mindfulness?
- What is the latest research?
- How can I teach mindfulness to my child?
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