FUN FACTS
True or False: Meditation prevents a wandering mind.
True
True or False: The main ‘block’ to achieving mindful awareness is mind wandering
True
“Feeling and sensing your experiences (Observing taste and textures in food).” Corresponds to which mindfulness step?
Observing
Does meditation affect immune function?
Yes, improves immune function
True or false: Mindfulness alters brain activity when it's in an active state.
False, the brain is altered at rest
True or False: Men are more likely to meditate than women.
False, Women are more likely to meditate
When you are mindfully aware, are your thoughts focused on the past, present, or future?
Present
“Focus on not evaluating or judging experiences. Not viewing something as 'good' or 'bad', 'right' or 'wrong'. Just experience it without making any sense of all aspects of it.” Corresponds to which mindfulness step?
Non Judging of Experience
True or False: Meditation may prevent relapse.
True, when incorporated into psychotherapy
True or false: mind wandering is associated with lower levels of happiness
True
How many people meditate globally?
200-500 million
True or False: To be mindfully aware means to stop all thoughts
False
“Avoid rushing through activities, take time, and be attentive.” Correspond to which mindfulness step?
Auto pilot
List 3 benefits of mindfulness.
reduces stress, accelerates rates of healing, increases sense of well-being
What part of the brain region is activated during mind wandering?
Posterior cingulate gyrus
What country is the most popular for meditation?
Australia
Paying attention to your thoughts and bringing them back when they wander describes what skill?
Attention training
“Observing/Accepting thoughts, letting them pass.” Corresponds to which mindfulness step?
Non-reactivity to inner experience.
What are the two components of the MBSR program?
Mindful meditation and Yoga
What two regions of our brain are activated during meditation?
Posterior cingulate gyrus and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
How long, in years, has meditation been practiced?
2,600 years old
Mind-wandering is present in what percentage of our awake lives?
50%
Name all 4 of the mindfulness steps
Observing, Auto Pilot, Non Judging of Experience, Non-reactivity to inner experience.
Who developed the MBSR program?
Dr. John Kabat-Zon
What were the results of the study analyzing meditator's vs. non-meditators brain activity?
High activity and connectivity for meditators (reduces the attention switching)