Girraween High - Mindfulness

Mindfulness

Is about being fully present and engaged acknowledging and being aware of your current state without judgement.

This includes feelings, bodily sensations and thoughts.

Benefits

Improve working memory ( Jha etal., 2010)
better metacognitive awareness including reducing negative thinking patterns (Teasdale, 1999)
Reduced anxiety and stress (Vollestad et al., 2011)
Reduction in emotional reactivity (Ortner et al. 2007)

What this means for you

This means regular practice and combining with other researched techniques can help you:

retain and learn content
have a better understanding and relationship with yourself ( the only person you will have to deal with the rest of your life)
have tools to help you deal with school and external stressors

Mindfulness QuizMindfulness is all about living in the moment and it helps us be at our best.So are you caught up in the past? Too focused on the future? Let’s find out.

SNAP THATGet creative! Photography is an awesome way to practise mindfulness. It clears your head and trains your brain to focus!

Mindful Colouring in.pdf

Trying to start a regular pattern is difficult at first so you can always get help by setting 5 min a day to do a short break alone or with friends. You can even use apps like headspace to help you start!

References:

Jha, A. P., Stanley, E. A., Kiyonaga, A., Wong, L., & Gelfand, L. (2010). Examining the protective effects of mindfulness training on working memory capacity and affective experience. Emotion, 10(1), 54.

Ortner, C.N.M., Kilner, S.J., & Zelazo, P.D. (2007). Mindfulness meditation and reduced emotional interference on a cognitive task. Motivation and Emotion, 31(3), 271–283.

Teasdale, J. D. (1999). Emotional processing, three modes of mind and the prevention of relapse in depression. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 37(1), 53-77.

Vøllestad, J., Sivertsen, B., & Nielsen, G. H. (2011). Mindfulness-based stress reduction for patients with anxiety disorders: Evaluation in a randomized controlled trial. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 49(4), 281-288