Mindfulness Programs
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Whether the attention come by grace of genius or dintof will, the longer one does attend to a topic the more mastery of it one has. And the faculty of voluntarily bringing back a wandering attention over and over again is the very root of judgment, character, and will. […] And education which should improve this faculty would be the education par excellence.” (William James : Writings 1878-1899)
Sharing Mindfulness
gaining focus,attention and concentration
The following information was adapted from a .b Slideshow Amanda Bailey Bright Futures Educational Trust
http://www.slideshare.net/ChallengePartners/an-introduction-24299852
http://www.slideshare.net/ChallengePartners/an-introduction-24299852
More and more educators are seeing the educative sense of introduction mindfulness education into the busy schedules of primary and secondary schools.
"Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery, But today is a gift, And that’s why it is called the present."
This is very close to the core meaning of mindfulness, which is PAYING ATTENTION TO THE PRESENT MOMENT. Whilst it is a little more complex than that, this very much captures the spirit of mindfulness. Mindfulness is about training the mind to be in the present moment, whatever is happening, be that good or bad.
Ideas taken form the .b program:
1: All at one level academic studies give pupils plenty of knowledge and undoubtedly develop their thinking skills, they are very rarely taught to directly investigate and to understand the mechanism which does the observing and which does the thinking.
2: Training the brain physically changes the brain
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-16086233
3: Becoming conscientiously awareness of sensing over thinking
4: Our brain is tuned into flight and fight. Mindfulness is about directing our attention to the present senses. (we live at a little distance form our body)
"Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery, But today is a gift, And that’s why it is called the present."
This is very close to the core meaning of mindfulness, which is PAYING ATTENTION TO THE PRESENT MOMENT. Whilst it is a little more complex than that, this very much captures the spirit of mindfulness. Mindfulness is about training the mind to be in the present moment, whatever is happening, be that good or bad.
Ideas taken form the .b program:
1: All at one level academic studies give pupils plenty of knowledge and undoubtedly develop their thinking skills, they are very rarely taught to directly investigate and to understand the mechanism which does the observing and which does the thinking.
2: Training the brain physically changes the brain
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-16086233
3: Becoming conscientiously awareness of sensing over thinking
4: Our brain is tuned into flight and fight. Mindfulness is about directing our attention to the present senses. (we live at a little distance form our body)