Mark Thompson

How mindfulness could help teachers and students? Mindfulness For All: A Focus on Educators Research shows that educators who regularly practice mindfulness have a higher sense of well-being and teaching self-efficacy. Additionally, these teachers are better able to manage classroom behavior and maintain supportive relationships with students.

Why do I struggle with mindfulness? Many people grow frustrated with mindfulness because they are still focusing on expectations, rather than simply seeing how things really are. These folks have misunderstood what mindfulness is and are instead mistaking their own deep-rooted beliefs as clear seeing.

How does mindfulness help anxiety and depression? How Mindfulness Calms Anxious Feelings. Mindfulness helps you learn to stay with difficult feelings without analyzing, suppressing, or encouraging them. When you allow yourself to feel and acknowledge your worries, irritations, painful memories, and other difficult thoughts and emotions, this often helps them dissipate

Why is compassion important in mindfulness? Research shows that self-compassionate people are more likely to engage in perspective taking, rather than focusing on their own distress. They are also less likely to ruminate on how bad things are, which is one of the reasons self-compassionate people have better mental health.

What is a spiritual body scan? Body scan meditation (BSM) involves bringing attention to sensations occurring in different parts of the body. This practice can help a person become more aware of their bodily sensations, feelings, and emotions.

Would you rather questions for mental health? Would you rather sleep for an hour or read a book for hour? Would you rather go for a run or a bike ride? Would you rather call a friend or text a friend? Would you rather make someone laugh or say “good morning” to them?

Is mindfulness a psychoeducation? Psychoeducation empowers patients with the knowledge, skills, strengths, and strategies, to overcome illness and its associated impairments. Mindfulness, on the other hand, engages the participants to accept the experience without explicitly reinforcing illness management and treatment compliance.

Do mindfulness apps actually work? Research indicates that many people feel significantly less stressed after using meditation apps for as little as two weeks. Even those who don’t report this destressed feeling show signs in their bodies that indeed the meditation apps are helping to reduce their stress.