Mindfulness workshop that covers the theory and practice of mindfulness. It was presented for the Queensland Police Service during the QLD Mental Health Week.
4. MIND WANDERING
Study of 15,000 people by Matt
Killingsworth:
47% of the time we are thinking
something else than what we
are currently doing
Strong relationship between
mind-wandering now and
being unhappy a short time
later
7. WHY DO WE NEED
MINDFULNESS?
Blaise Pascal, 17th century French philosopher: “All men’s
miseries derive from not being able sit in a quiet room alone”
Study by Wilson (et.al. 2014):
- 67% of men self-administered shocks
- 25% of women self-administered shocks
Dr. Richard Davidson: “Our brains are constantly being
shaped, wittingly or unwittingly—mostly unwittingly. We tend
to be pawns of the forces around us. Our work, by contrast,
is inviting us all to actually take more responsibility for our
minds and our brains.”
9. CHALLENGES
Huge decline in our attention span
Hard to connect and communicate with each other with
fragmented attention
Information overload & fast pace living
Anxiety, stress and burnout
Sleep deprivation & exhaustion
12. REACTION - RESPONSE
“Between the stimulus and response, there is a space and in that
space lies our freedom and power to choose our response” Viktor
Frankl
17. EFFECTIVE ATTENTION
SWITCHING
Research: Our brains can focus on 1 thing at a time
Simple versus Complex Multitasking
Multitasking increases stress, fatigue and reduces
performance
Effective attention switching: Doing one thing at a time
with full attention and presence
18. TIPS
Kindness and Compassion
Patience
Success / Failure – Non-striving
Acceptance
Don’t worry about the wandering
mind
21. FINAL WORDS
“Do you have the patience to wait
Till your mud settles and the water is clear?
Can you remain unmoving
Till the right action arises by itself”
- Lao Tzu