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Here is an extract from our Mindfulness for Individuals Course:
The Science:
Mindfulness is a meditative, scientific and philosophical way of interacting with our world.
There is scientific evidence which states that Mindfulness can help change the neuroplasticity of the brain in very positive ways. We will discuss this in more detail later in the course.
These positive changes result in the improved performance of the Brain’s Executive Function, the higher level of the brain, which looks after perspective taking, decision making, long-term planning and learning.
Research also suggests that, by using Mindfulness, the brain’s emotionally reactive centre, the Amygdala, which triggers the ‘fight, flight, freeze’ stress response, can be overridden by the conscious part of the brain which can activate the ‘relaxation response’ and restore balance to the mind and body.
Mindfulness can also improve relationships at work and home by increasing emotional intelligence, which results in more compassion, kindness and empathy.
Therefore, Mindfulness promotes health, performance and relationships.
Harvard and Stanford University Research:
A 2011 study, from Harvard University, showed that participants in an 8-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction course exhibited measurable changes in the grey matter of their brains.
‘The results suggest that participation in the course is associated with changes in grey matter concentration in the brain regions involved in learning and memory processes, emotional regulation, self-referential processing and perspective taking.’ (1)
Another study from Stanford University showed that Mindfulness can reduce the reactive effects of the amygdala and strengthen the connections to the higher areas of the brain, which can override emotions. (2)
Health, Performance and Relationship Benefits:
Research shows that Mindfulness practice can improve health, performance and relationships. We will discuss the positive benefits of Mindfulness throughout the course, and also present some of the scientific research behind Mindfulness, which we believe will deepen your knowledge and understanding of the subject.
Your day will go more smoothly:
By using Mindfulness practice, your day will go much more smoothly: it will be calm and won’t feel like you’re in the middle of an ocean storm. It will feel like your 50,000 feet above the storm and looking down at the waves from the window of your plane.
Those waves will be just gentle ripples on the surface of a big pond. You will be seeing through mindful eyes.
Our hope is to offer you a way to deal with life’s ups and downs in a mindful way, using a combination of regular formal and informal activities to gain an authentic and natural way of living.