Bronwyn Robertson has a great article at the Examiner.com describing the science behind the benefits of mindfulness. Take the time to read it. As I’ve blogged about at length at various points in this blog, whether or not mindfulness is approached as a spiritual practice, the practitioner derives practical results.
Archive for the ‘Mind Tools’ Category
Expertise Has Its Cost
Jonah Lehrer, one of my favorite authors about the brain, had a great article in Wired Magazine recently. His point was that the patterns we create in achieving expertise and mastery may inhibit our ability to accept and process new information. I actually don’t know whether I agree with Jonah’s core point, that the brain [...]
The Spigot and the Flow
Creative people routinely complain that the “normal,” everyday world requires restrictions on the flow of awareness. The analogy I was using with a friend the a couple of weeks ago that the mental spigot controlling information input and output for some creatives seems to be naturally more open than the spigot for the average person. [...]
Now. Right Now.
This article, from 2008, provides five simple principles for increasing satisfaction by focusing on the present. It is important for the skeptical among us to recognize that these principles, embodying what many call mindfulness, have behind them decades of modern research support and centuries of practical application in various religious and philosophical traditions. The point [...]
Maybe It’s All About Mental Gymnastics
Please read this post over at the HealthSkills blog. The post specifically deals with pain management, but the broader issue addressed is whether mental health is properly defined as having flexibility to deal with what is, and whether that flexibility can be expanded by broadening one’s repertoire of awareness and reactions. If that is so, [...]
