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If you pay attention at every moment, you form a new relationship to time.
In some magical way, by slowing down, you become more efficient, productive, and energetic, focusing without distraction directly on the task in front of you.
Not only do you become immersed in the moment, you become that moment.
Michael Ray, School of Business, Stanford Univeristy
Mindfulness meditation is moment to moment awareness. It is being fully awake. It involves being here for the moments of our lives, without striving or judging.
You have felt it. Let’s explore one of those times now. Remember doing something you really, really enjoyed. . . . . . . . Really. Stop reading this and close your eyes and take a few moments to remember that time right now. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . How did you feel as you recalled it? Did you notice there was little room left for distracting thoughts or feelings? Bringing our fullness of attention into anything is mindfulness. You step fully into the moment. There is a sense of completeness, of enough-ness. These are the moments of our lives when we feel most at home.
Mindfulness involves a formal practice and an informal practice. In formal practice we take time for sitting meditation or mindful movement practices like walking meditation or yoga or chi gong. Informal practice is a way of life in which we meditate as we do what we do. It involves being present IN the moments of our lives. As one Los Vegas casino warned,"YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN". That's it! You must be present to love, or experience peace, or joy, or contentment. When you are here you can have the experience of your life. Mindfulness involves being in each moment as it is without judgment or striving and having a kind of releasement towards things. It's a relaxed state of awareness that observes both your inner world of thoughts, feelings and sensations, and the outer world of constantly changing phenomena without trying to control anything.
A Wellness Mindset
A rationale for mindfullness: a slower mind, a clearer focus, and better results: fewer doctor visits and improved overall wellness.
Introductory wellness seminars can run from a couple of hours to a couple of days depending on the time that your organization has available and the purpose of the presentation.
- During wellness seminars, each employee that takes part has the opportunity to develop an individual mindset for change
- Wellness seminars can focus on such topics as stress management, time management, smoking cessation, nutrition and health, physical activity, and weight management.
- Mindfullness makes a difference in movements and perspective. It is also know as awareness.
Wellness seminars: Focus and Phases
The focus of wellness seminars for employees generally go through three phases:
- In the first phase of a wellness seminar is comprehension. The employee learns more about the topic through lectures, films, and any other relevant materials.
- The second phase of a wellness seminar is recognition. In the recognition phase employees have the opportunity to set individual goals and group/organizational goals
- The third phase of a wellness seminar is modification. Seminars provide employees with time to make individual changes.
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