Mindfulness

Distance less travelled...

Awakening/Re-engineering

Mind, Body and Spirit

Taking Care of You

We will be talking about

Mindfulness

Positive Psychology

Wellness

What does it feel like to be running empty?

When you are stressed?

Awareness leads to Acceptance

Awareness Levels

Sensations

(Body)

Feelings

(Emotions)

Thoughts

(Mind)

Exercise

In Stressful situation , are you aware of yourBody sensations?Thoughts?Feelings/Emotions? Sensations

(Body)

Feelings

(Emotions)

Thoughts

(Mind)

Sensations

(Body)

Feelings

(Emotions)

Thoughts

(Mind)

Usually Not Your response is generally what you have heard and read about people’s reaction in stressful situations

Sensations, Thoughts and Feelings in Stressful situations are

for sure NOT pleasant.

Acceptance is key to CHANGE

Respond - React

We Respond when we are AWARE!

We Fight when we REACT!

We Flight when we REACT!

We Freeze when we REACT!

Respond - React

Awareness FightFlightFreeze

External Stressors

Internal Stressors

Our REACTION to stressful situations…

And many more…

Reacting is negative way of coping

with the situation

Responding is positive way of coping

with the situation

4 Dimensions of our being!

Physical Mental

Spiritual Social

You

Environment

Culture

Exercise

Which dimension bothers you the MOST?

Are you doing something in that regards?

Say YES to YOU!

ACCEPT yourself the way you are!

Being called WEIRED

Is like Being

Called Limited Edition.

Meaning you’re something

People don’t see that often.

YOU ARE SPECIAL

Nobody is SUPERIOR

Nobody is INFERIOR, and

Nobody is EQUAL either.

People are simply UNIQUE,

INCOMPARABLE.

You Are You,

I am I.

Increase the level of your Happiness

Happiness is about Positive Emotions

Play

Play

We don’t stop playing because we grow old.

We grow old because we stop playing.

Attitude for Gratitude

Practice Forgiveness

Values - Faith & Beliefs

Average human

Looks without seeing

Listens without hearing

Touches without feeling

Eats without tasting

Moves without physical awareness

Inhales without awareness of odour or

fragrance

Talks without thinking

STOP for a while

HOLD on

When we are not living our values we feel

stressed. We can’t do everything we value all

the time, but we can do at least one small

thing that we value at a time.

ZNMD

TRY

It is not that difficult

RECAST Yourself

Practice MINDFULNESS

STOP running WILD

MINDFULNESS is…

Living in the Present

Non judgmentally

What/How..?

Mindfulness is purposefully being

Aware of your THOUGHTS…….?

Mindfulness is purposefully being

Aware of our THOUGHTS and REACTIONS

Mindfulness is

purposefully being

Aware of your

THOUGHTS and

REACTIONS

Without being

judgmental

MINDFULNESSSTOP Looking

START Seeing

MINDFULNESSSTOP Hearing

START Listening

MINDFULNESSSTART Feeling

STOP Touching

MINDFULNESSSTART Tasting

STOP Eating

MINDFULNESSSTART Thinking

STOP Talking

MINDFULNESSIncrease your

AWARENESS

Get out of

Auto-pilot mode

Observe

HEAD -Washing Machine of thoughts

Exercises for achieving Mindfulness

Exercises for achieving Mindfulness

S - STAY in the Moment (STOP)–

T - BREATHE (TAKE TIME) –

O - Look around (OBSERVE)

P - Move ahead (PROCEED)

STOP for a moment

Slow down.

Take a few deep breaths.

Observe yourself, your feelings.

Live in the moment.

BREATHE easy - Take time

Have Compassion for yourself

OBSERVE – Look around

Observe the unobserved

MOVE ahead - Walking Meditation

Walk, walk and walk….

Keep walking

Mindfulness creates awareness for

thoughts that stress us OUT

Stress is our reaction to a real or perceived threat that

disturbs our Physical, Emotional or Mental stability

Thoughts causing stress....

Jumping to conclusions

Taking it personally

Thoughts are NOT Feelings

Facts about Thoughts

60,000 thoughts/day

95% same ones day after day

80% of those are NEGATIVE

A - Automatic

N - Negative

T - Thoughts

Sensations

Thoughts Feelings

Facts about Thoughts

Respond - React

Thank You!

In the concluding session we will talking about

1. Positive Psychology

2. Wellness