Goals of Mindfulness
This practice helps reduce pain, tension, and stress.
What is mindfulness?
Mindfulness means intentionally putting this in the present moment.
What is awareness or attention?
This type of mindfulness can be done while sitting, walking, standing, or lying down.
What is meditation?
This state of mind uses facts and logic first.
What is Reasonable Mind?
This planet is known as the “Red Planet.”
What is Mars?
One goal of mindfulness is to increase this, so your mind does not control you.
What is the ability to focus attention?
Mindfulness means paying attention without doing this, such as saying “good” or “bad.”
What is judging?
Hiking, yoga, and martial arts are all examples of this form of practice.
What is mindfulness movement?
This state of mind is driven by feelings first.
What is Emotion Mind?
This animal is the largest mammal in the world.
What is the blue whale?
Practicing mindfulness can increase this positive feeling in daily life.
What is happiness?
Mindfulness means not holding onto the past or projecting into this.
What is the future?
Mindfulness can be practiced at any time, anywhere, while doing this.
What is LITERALLY ANYTHING!
This state of mind is a balance of logic and emotions, and comes with clarity and compassion.
What is Wise Mind?
This U.S. holiday is celebrated with fireworks on July 4th.
What is Independence Day?
When we use mindfulness, we can reduce this type of mental struggle.
What is suffering?
Labeling thoughts as “thoughts” and feelings as “feelings” is part of doing this skill.
What is mindfulness?
In mindfulness meditation, we can either focus the mind or do this with the mind.
What is open the mind?
Practicing Wise Mind in easy situations helps you prepare for these kinds of situations later.
What are challenging situations?
This fruit keeps the doctor away if you eat one a day.
What is an apple?
Name two main goals of mindfulness practice.
What are reducing suffering/increasing happiness and increasing ability to focus attention?
Mindfulness skills help us live more effectively in this time frame.
What is the present moment?
One way to practice mindfulness meditation is by focusing on this natural process in the body.
What is breathing?
Asking yourself a question, noticing your body, and grounding yourself are all ways to tune into this.
What is Wise Mind?
This city is known as “the Big Apple.”
What is New York City?