Mindfulness Basics
What is mindfulness?
What is moment by moment awareness of thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment.
What is emotion mind?
What is hot, mood-dependent, emotion-focused.
What are "what" skills?
What is what we do when practicing mindfulness.
What are "how" skills?
What is how we observe, describe, and participate?
Why is mindfulness helpful?
What is focus attention on the present moment – become and stay centered?
What is reasonable mind?
What is cool, rational, task-focused.
What is observing, describing, participating?
What are the three "how" skills?
What is nonjudgmentally, one-mindfully, effectively.
Why would I use mindfulness?
What is stress management, anxiety, focus, regulate emotions, & reduce emotional reactivity.
What is wise mind?
What is Wisdom within you
Value of BOTH reason and emotion
Left and right brain
The middle path
What is observing?
What is viewing world through senses, what is happening in the here and now.
What is nonjudgmentalness?
What is letting go of unnecessary judgments, describing reality as it is without judgment.
What are the 3 mindfulness skills?
What is: wise mind, "what" skills, "how" skills?
What is the type of response given to the below situation? (Rational mind, emotion mind, wise mind)
Situation: A 16 year old girl named Evie was not invited to a party that some of her classmates were invited to.
Response: Evie’s rational mind suggests there could be an explanation, like their classmate could only invite a few people. Evie carries on like nothing happened or bothered her.
What is describing?
What is adding words to observation, we can only describe what we deserve.
What is one-mindfully?
What is being completely present in the moment.
What are the goals of mindfulness?
What is the type of response given to the below situation? (Rational mind, emotion mind, wise mind)
Situation: Your friend is encouraging you to skip class with them.
Response: you communicate to your friend you don’t want to skip class or tell them you want to hang out later.
What is wise mind?
What is participating?
What is flow state, fully in the moment, fully present?
What is effectiveness in DBT?
What is being mindful of your goals, focus on what works, play by the rules, act as skillfully as you can.