“Yes I did,” I said. “I attended Fairfield for the first semester of 10th grade.” Before I could say another word she had an even more astonishing question: “Is your name Flowers? Are you Steve Flowers?” I was blown away! “Yes, I am, but that was 46 years ago! How could you possibly see that skinny boy in me now?” “You were in my class,” she said, “and I had a terrible crush on you....
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Most coaches impose standards from the outside. Carroll, head coach of the Super Bowl Champion Seattle Seahawks, asks his players to go inside—to find the confidence to be the best they can be. He coaches the whole person, and it changes their view of the game, and of life.
Nancy Bardacke, founder of the Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting Education Program, was among the many presenters at this year’s conference. She and Larissa Duncan—from the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of California in San Francisco, where Bardacke’s program is now presented—reported on preliminary evidence that suggests mindfulness practice improves mothers’ ability to cope with a crying baby, fatigue and interrupted sleep, breastfeeding, a baby’s admission to neonatal intensive care, and challenges in the changing relationship with a partner....
Free Mindfulness Apps Worthy of Your Attention Mindfulness apps are trending in a big way. Here are five we’re happy we downloaded. Your Breath is Your Brain’s Remote Control A new study has found evidence to show that there is actually a direct link between nasal breathing and our cognitive functions. How to Fight Stress with Empathy Psychologist Arthur Ciaramicoli argues that empathic listening may be the key to reducing stress in our lives....
Perhaps that’s why psychology and healthcare experts are turning to a strategy developed in a much earlier age. Mindfulness meditation has been around for over 2000 years, and courses which teach it are springing up everywhere. As we describe in our book The Mindful Manifesto, this is largely because a growing body of scientific research shows that mindfulness can make a real difference to people’s quality of life. Studies have found that mindfulness training can protect people from depression, reduce their stress levels, help them manage chronic pain, let go of compulsive behaviours like smoking and over-eating, and even enable them to cope better with cancer and other serious illnesses....
An early approach by Norman Farb and his colleagues trained study participants to ask themselves a number of questions about personal traits such as if they felt they were stupid, smart, trustworthy, or lazy while being scanned by a functional MRI machine. These questions activated either a narrative/analytic mode (“What does this say about me as a person?” “Is this a good or a bad thing?”) or an experiential/concrete mode (“What is occurring from one moment to the next?...
From June 7 until June 16 Gordhamer opened the event’s facebook page wall to questions from the public about mindfulness. Gordhamer answered the questions live on the discussion tab of the facebook page on June 21st. Gordhamer’s Wisdom 2.0 Conference is an innovative annual event that explores the integrating mindfulness and awareness our technology age. He is also author of the book Wisdom 2.0: Ancient Teachings for the Creative and Constantly Connected....
The website states that around the world, Earth Hour was embraced by the global community, transcending race, culture, age and economics as individuals took leadership in their communities in the pursuit of a cleaner and safer planet. In 2011, Earth Hour asked the hundreds of millions of people taking part in the one hour switch-off to take the next step and go beyond the hour, using Earth Hour to commit to ongoing action for the planet....
Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other by Sherry Turkle Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live by Jeff Jarvis Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson You Are Not A Gadget: A Manifesto by Jaron Lanier Meditation for Multitaskers: Your Guide to Finding Peace Between the Pings by David Dillard-Wright The Power of Social Networking: Using the Whuffie Factor to Build Your Business by Tara Hunt Unplug: For an Hour a Day, or a Weekend [with audio, workbook and cards] by Sharon Salzberg...
Students were encouraged to embrace any opportunity to take a minute out and do something kind for themselves or for someone else. Organizers placed more than 1,000 tiny gifts/treats (in pairs) around campus so that people could find and share them with others. Graduates and alumni were also encouraged to pay special attention to the kindness in their lives and make an extra effort to be a kind human being....
1) ChiRunning ChiRunning, which is based on the movement principles of T’ai Chi, connects the mind to the body in a way that helps runners stay relaxed. The website’s blog is updated weekly with useful tips, and the site also links to lists of ChiRunning workshops and instructors around the world. While the books and instructional CDs can help you understand the basics, the workshops are the best way to learn ChiRunning, particularly those workshops whose instructors use videotape to analyze their students’ posture, gait, and so on....
“My Choga” incorporates stories, songs, and creative breathing exercises with traditional yoga poses. Yoga teacher Jana Mulholland, told the News & Star “the kids love their teddy bears even when they get older. They bring their teddy to the class and I get teddy to do some poses and then the children copy it. I teach the yoga through a story and bring breathing exercises into it. I bring songs into it and we go on adventure along the way....
Meditation Is Not What You Think: Mindfulness and Why It Is So Important By Jon Kabat-Zinn, Hachette In 2005, Jon Kabat-Zinn published his magnum opus, Coming to Our Senses. At 650 pages and years in the making, it was a monumental achievement. It allowed the founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction to put his life’s work in a larger context. Mindfulness is not a mental trick, an adjunct to regular life....
Soren Gordhamer: When you teach mindfulness to the Chicago Bulls or the Los Angeles Lakers, what do you feel that you are offering? George Mumford: The opportunity to be in the moment. In sports, what gets people’s attention is this idea of being in the zone, or playing in the zone. When they are playing their best, they can do no wrong, and no matter what happens they are always a step quicker, a step ahead....
As a bite returns to the air and sweaters make their annual comeback, grab some apples, turn on the oven, and celebrate the return to all things comforting and sweet. The Mindful Kitchen Recipe: Baked Cinnamon Apples Core a few medium or large apples, leaving a little flesh at the bottom. Fill each apple with a tablespoon of butter, a few teaspoons of brown sugar, and a pinch cinnamon, and bake at 350° until the apples are tender and the sugar is bubbling, about 15 minutes....
Most HR professionals get squeamish when the subject arises. Rightfully so, as the topic is littered with legal issues, charged emotions, and awkward conversations. Yet data shows almost half of workers have had or will have a workplace romance—which makes sense given how much time we spend at work. The truth is: office romance happens. But because most of us avoid talking about it, we often don’t know how to approach it respectfully and with intention....
