Meditations from Mindfulness-Based Organisational Education (MBOE)
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These short, guided mindfulness meditations were first taught to NHS hospital staff as part of the Mindfulness-Based Organisational Education (MBOE), which is an evidence-based programme. It’s taught to organisations and communities to empower people to create a more human and sustainable world.
These meditations offer a dual purpose: The ‘how’ and the ‘why’. They are a great place to start and our book, Social Mindfulness: A guided to mindfulness meditations from Mindfulness-Based Organisational Education, goes into greater depth.
Social Mindfulness: A guided to mindfulness meditations from Mindfulness-Based Organisational Education is available from www.mindfulnessconnected.com/shop/social-mindfulness
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Meditation 6/6 – Concentration and allowing the mind to wander
May 18, 2020 09:00 - 10 minutes - 93.5 MBThe concentration and allowing the mind to wander meditation is an introduction to advanced stages of mindfulness meditation practice. This all boils down to a balance of the effort involved in concentration and relaxation in posture and attention to developing a field of awareness grounded in the body, where patterns of thoughts and sensations arise and fade away in the mind. This is supported by understanding the ‘how’ and ‘why’, which you have learnt about and practiced ...
Meditation 5/6 – Mindfulness of feelings
May 05, 2020 09:00 - 10 minutes - 88.7 MBThe greatest work is to know ourselves. Our inner world is shaped by our relationships with others. Connection with those we love and respect feels good. The feelings we have in difficult situations make us feel uncomfortable. The mindfulness of feelings meditation helps us to get to know the different stories we act out in different contexts. Its purpose is to empower us to become the masters of the worlds we create – in our lives and with others.
Meditation 4/6 – Stretching and sitting
March 31, 2020 09:00 - 10 minutes - 9.67 MBThe long-term objective of mindfulness practice is to release toxic patterns and establish ones that enable the human body and nervous system to function as a human being is designed to function – albeit in a world that disconnects us from ourselves, each other and our environment. Patterns of thinking, emotions and behaviour become imprinted on connective tissue, joints and muscles as well as our nervous systems. Others see us, before they even know it, through the feeling...
Meditation 04 – Stretching and sitting
March 31, 2020 09:00 - 10 minutes - 9.67 MBThe long-term objective of mindfulness practice is to release toxic patterns and establish ones that enable the human body and nervous system to function as a human being is designed to function – albeit in a world that is disconnects us from ourselves, each other and our environment. Patterns of thinking, emotions and behaviour become imprinted on connective tissue, joints and muscles as well as our nervous systems. Others see us, before they even know it, through the feel...
Meditation 3/6 – Posture and breath
March 27, 2020 09:00 - 9 minutes - 8.66 MBMindfulness meditation practice amounts to no more than following a very simple set of attentional and postural routines. In time, mindfulness practice undoes toxic memes that are imprinted on our mind and body. Sitting upright and awake, breathing, is a simple practice but challenging and it takes effort – just a little effort at a time – too much effort will just cause tension and feeds patterns of striving for goals. Yoga teacher, Anita Lewis, who provided training for ...
Meditation 03 – Posture and breath
March 27, 2020 09:00 - 9 minutes - 8.66 MBMindfulness meditation practice amounts to no more than following a very simple set of attentional and postural routines. In time, mindfulness practice undoes toxic memes that are imprinted on our mind and body. Sitting upright and awake, breathing, is a simple practice but challenging, and it takes effort – just a little effort at a time – too much effort will just causes tension and feeds patterns of striving for goals. Yoga teacher, Anita Lewis, who provided training fo...
Meditation 02 – Bodyscan
March 24, 2020 09:00 - 10 minutes - 9.03 MBThe bodyscan builds the foundations of mindfulness meditation – awareness of feelings in the body. These feelings are the glue of our relationships and without them we are disconnected from each other. Many of us have learnt to spend so much of our lives in our heads that we have become disconnected from our feelings. This is why we need to practice the bodyscan. When you get the idea of how it goes, practice it for longer periods without the recording. In time you will fi...
Meditation 2/6 – Bodyscan
March 24, 2020 09:00 - 10 minutes - 9.03 MBThe bodyscan builds the foundations of mindfulness meditation – awareness of feelings in the body. These feelings are the glue of our relationships and without them we are disconnected from each other. Many of us have learnt to spend so much of our lives in our heads that we have become disconnected from our feelings. This is why we need to practice the bodyscan. When you get the idea of how it goes, practice it for longer periods without the recording. In time you will fi...
Three-step reset
March 16, 2020 09:00 - 1 minute - 401 KBUse this short, structured mindfulness exercise to stop for a moment and disengage attention from the internal narrative to give your nervous system a rest. It has three distinct stages, which introduce some key themes in mindfulness practice: self-awareness and self-acceptance, focusing attention on sensations of breathing to interrupt mental activity, and grounding awareness in the body. When you've got an idea of how it goes, just use it without the recording frequently...
Meditation 1/6 – Three-step reset
March 16, 2020 09:00 - 1 minute - 401 KBUse this short, structured mindfulness exercise to stop for a moment and disengage attention from the internal narrative to give your nervous system a rest. It has three distinct stages, which introduce some key themes in mindfulness practice: • self-awareness and self-acceptance • focusing attention on sensations of breathing to reduce mental activity • grounding awareness in the body. ...
Meditation 01 – Three-step reset
March 16, 2020 09:00 - 1 minute - 401 KBUse this short, structured mindfulness exercise to stop for a moment and disengage attention from the internal narrative to give your nervous system a rest. It has three distinct stages, which introduce some key themes in mindfulness practice: self-awareness and self-acceptance, focusing attention on sensations of breathing to interrupt mental activity, and grounding awareness in the body. When you've got an idea of how it goes, just use it without the recording frequently...