The Benefits of Practicing Awareness When Rushing
In coming out of a pandemic where life slowed down a bit, have you noticed now all the rushing? How much we rush through life, getting on to the “next” thing? Hurrying through, while attempting to take care of something else? My mother hung a quote on the kitchen wall, “The hurrier I go the behinder I get.” Research seems to indicate this is probably true. Excessive hurrying ends up in worrying. For example, if you are in a fast-paced job and you need to get home at a certain time, you may find yourself hurrying through your day. Yet later, you may find yourself worrying when you get home. Worrying about missing an important detail? Now you find yourself spending more time at home re-checking your day’s work.
Introduction to Mindfulness Course Held for Local Business The UVA Mindfulness Center offers custom mindfulness programs to organizations and businesses, and recently held an Introduction to Mindfulness course for FM…
Effects of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Fatigue in Cancer Survivors This study was designed to determine the efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) in improving fatigue-related outcomes in adult cancer survivors. Twenty-three…
May I be happy. May I be healthy in mind and body. May I be safe and free from inner and outer harm. May I find peace, as my life shifts and changes. The Lovingkindness Meditation is a way to tap into lovingkindness, extending wishes to ourselves for our own wellbeing. Lovingkindness is an innate quality that is already in us all. It can become clouded at times through the culture we find ourselves in and from not feeling “good enough”, whether this comes from within ourselves or from the systems we encounter- media, technology, the current culture of perfectionism or even the style of a work culture. Many of us find it easy to be loving towards others but find it almost impossible to be as kind to ourselves. So, why is it that we are so hard on ourselves?
The Mindful Pause is Pausing for the Summer
The Mindful Pause, a 15-minute daily live virtual meditation, is taking a break for the summer. The Pause was begun to offer a respite from the stresses of dealing with…
A Mindfulness-Based Intervention for ICU Nurses Can Decrease Occupational Burnout Nurses who work in intensive care units have a high prevalence of occupational burnout. The purpose of this study was…