Mindfulness: technique and benefi

Mindfulness originates from Buddhist practices and indicates the ability to stop and focus on one’s feelings. Let’s find out better.

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Mindfulness

History and origin of Mindfulness

Mindfulness is an English term that refers to the ability to stop and focus on one’s feelings. The term translates a word in the Pali language (Sati) which means conscious attention .

Mindfulness draws a lot from Buddhist practices and emotional education. Awareness is achieved through proper education in meditative practice.

Jon Kabat-Zinn , professor of medicine who has carried out an effective therapeutic integration with mindfulness, defines it as follows: “become aware and live in harmony with oneself and the whole world.

It involves self – inquiry , questioning our worldview, our position in it, and appreciating the fullness of each moment of our existence. Above all, it concerns maintaining contact with reality ”(Kabat-Zinn, 1997).

The Benefits of Mindfulness

One learns to observe and recognize harmful thoughts, which do not allow the inner evolution of man or, in Buddhist terms, do not allow “human revolution”. A new way of being in one’s body joins the emotional awareness .

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Description of the technique

Stop and observe, without judgment. There are several types of meditation :

Sitting meditation;
Exploration of the body: it is a method that consists in the systematic rotation of the attention on the various parts of the body, focusing on each one;
Walking meditation: technique suitable for those who cannot stay still, so while walking you try to concentrate with internal observation;
Mindful Yoga : technique that unites mind and body through specific exercises.

The aim is, however, to activate a concentration that does not have a solution of continuity, remains serene and lucid. In other words, develop a quiet and lively presence.

The initial phase of this process consists of two reflections: one is a reflection on personal intention , the other is a reflection on motivation . By keeping these aspects alive, the practice is channeled into the right track.

Suitable for

Those whose mind is always restless or disturbed by unproductive thoughts. Excellent for those who want to enhance their personal magnetism and develop a center. The technique also allows those who by nature have an aptitude for a floating, airy personality to work on grounding .

Suitable for those who want to develop new trends, abandon automatisms , validate new skills.

Where Mindfulness is practiced today

Born in 1979 from an idea of Jon Kabat Zinn of the Medical School of the University of Massachussets , it is practiced in many hospitals in the United States and in Europe: it is in fact used as an analgesia for various forms of chronic pain, and also in cases of anorexia and bulimia.

Rob Nairn is Mindfulness Training expert of the Mindfulness Association which was recently officially presented in Italy by Kagyu Samye Dzong Venice.