What is
Mindfulness?
Jon Kabat-Zinn:
If we hope to go anywhere or develop ourselves in any way, we can only step from where we are standing. If we don't really know where we are standing …. We may only go in circles...
What is
Compassion?
A meditation teacher from Myanmar:
What is
Self-Compassion?
Kristin Neff:
Our successes and failures come and go—they neither define us nor do they determine our worthiness.
Christopher K. Germer
A moment of self-compassion can change your entire day. A string of such moments can change the course of your life.
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Mindfulness
Mindfulness is the act of being intentionally aware of the present moment and observing our thoughts, emotions and physical sensations without any judgement.
Mindfulness practice is the profound experience of cultivating curiosity and exploring how we habitually respond to everyday challenges in life.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Mindfulness is what brings us back in touch with what’s happening in the present moment in our body, in our feelings, in our thinking, and also in our environment.
Compassion is the feeling that arises while recognizing and empathizing with the pain of another person, along with the wish and effort to alleviate suffering.
Dalai Lama
The wish that all sentient beings may be free from suffering.
Self-Compassion is the act of being kind to oneself in the midst of suffering. Simply put it is compassion directed toward oneself.
Self-Compassion practice is the profound experience of actively comforting, protecting and supporting ourselves when we’re in pain, by using resources within, recalibrating our default mode.
Pema Chödrön
… we can still be crazy after all these years. We can still be angry after all these years. We can still be timid or jealous or full of feelings of unworthiness. The point is … not to try to throw ourselves away and become something better. It’s about befriending who we are already.
THRIVING WITH MINDFULNESS-BASED PRACTICES
People who diligently practice have reported noticeable changes in multiple arenas of their life including benefits such as
Being Relaxed
and anxiety
Staying Healthy
eating well
Better Relationships
emotions
Being Relaxed
and anxiety
Staying Healthy
eating well
Better Relationships
emotions
Endurance
Boost in
productivity
Endurance
Boost in
productivity
Creativity
of creative goals
Vitality
that hold us back
Creativity
of creative goals
Vitality
that hold us back
Wondering how do these practices work?
Fully Present
Spatious Awareness
In mindfulness sessions, we try to focus our awareness on our present-moment experience - it might be our flow of our thoughts, the breath, the sounds around us or the physical sensations happening in different parts of the body. By allowing our attention to wander with grace, we gradually learn what it dwells upon the most. There is a famous saying - “whatever we rest our attention on grows”. We can then use our faculties to direct our attention to what matters the most.
Research
Thanks to huge leaps in neurosciences, we now know that every emotion has a specific neural network associated with it. When we are not mindful, we habitually react to difficult situations in the same manner, feel the same emotions and trigger the same neural networks to fire up in the brain. If not consciously intervened with, these networks get strengthened over time and become harder to avoid. However, there is sufficient research to prove the neuroplasticity of our brains. Through consistently practicing mindfulness and relaxing our nervous system, we can activate dormant neural pathways in the brain and adopt fresh ways of thinking, doing and being.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness is implicit in Self-Compassion practice, that dismantles the self into moment-to-moment experience, while Compassion melts the sense of separate self by generating warmth and connection. Mindfulness is loving awareness of experience – calming and Self-Compassion is the loving awareness of the experiencer – warming up.
Loving-Kindness
Loving-Kindness guided exercises help us to cultivate good intentions that develop into positive internal conversations and good moods. These exercises enable us to bring about calming aspects within us through affiliation- building a practice of good will and compassion.
These practices then becoming a foundation towards happiness for ourselves and as well for the people around us either at home, at work or in our society
Common Humanity
MSC practice not only develops in us the attributes of nurturing and reassuring ourselves but also protecting, providing and motivating ourselves. Gently leading the shame and isolation when we struggle or fail, often feeling that something has gone wrong, into seeing our imperfections as part of the larger human experience, recognizing that everyone suffers.
This not only allows us feeling Inclusive by Connecting or Embracing, but also get more support Reaching out when needed.
Research
Mindful Self-Compassion practice is powerfully linked to wellbeing with the impressive and rapidly expanding body of research on its benefits. MSC is strongly associated to more positive states like happiness, life satisfaction, optimism and linked to better physical health.
Research has shown that by wrapping pain in the warm embrace of self-compassion, alleviates negative states while positive states are generated. Sustaining lasting changes especially better able to cope with depression, anxiety, stress and emotional avoidance. Engaging in healthier behaviors like with eating well and exercise. And proven increasingly supportive in interpersonal relationships especially care-giving roles.
Benefits of Mindfulness and Self-Compassion practices
nourishes our ability to emphasize on the options & choices available to us
AUTHENTICITY
EMPOWERMENT
gives enhanced
sense of freedom
and strength
allows us to
respond rather
than react
POTENTIAL
WELLBEING
helps us create
meaningful change
in life
AUTHENTICITY
nourishes our ability to emphasize on the options & choices available to us
EMPOWERMENT
gives enhanced
sense of freedom
and strength
POTENTIAL
allows us to
respond rather
than react
WELLBEING
helps us create
meaningful change
in life
Our Community-Supported Courses
It is easier to fall back into our old habits and give up on new ventures. However, “to be the person you want to be, you have to do the things you’ve never done before”. On joining the course, you will join our growing community of mindfulness-based practitioners from all walks of life
● have the opportunity to have live interactions, exchange experiences through our dedicated private online community platform
● receive group support from fellow participants, ensuring you are more likely to complete the course
● have access to informative texts and audio-visual resources to ensure you don’t fall off-track
You will receive Letter of Participation on successfully completing the course. That may be for some of you important and symbolising your dedication towards your well-being.
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With all that in going on in the world today, many of them are turning to mindfulness-based practices to build inner resilience and find more meaning in life.
There are multiple mindfulness-based interventions popular amongst practitioners. Right now, we are offering MBSR and MSC courses that are widely accepted and extensively researched courses in the mindfulness domain.
We usually offer these courses in different formats
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