Mindfulness and Stress Reduction for Business Teams
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A brief introduction to stress and its negative workplace and health impacts; information on the ways in which meditation and mindfulness can work to manage stress and improve our lives. Created for the Paradigm Group in Nashville
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- 1. Mindfulness and Stress Reduction Paradigm Group
- 5. Being aware of what's going on -- in our minds, in our bodies and around us -- and accepting it without trying to change it (because trying to change it will most likely drive us crazy) What is Mindfulness?
- 6. 1. Being aware of the present moment, whatever is happening. 2. Accepting it for what it is. (The hardest part.) Two Keys:
- 7. It gives us space. Why is it important?
- 8. Meditation (and other methods) How do we get it?
- 9. • HBR: 60-90% of healthcare costs stress related • Gallup estimates #1 cause of longterm sickness globally Stress
- 12. Employee Disengagement: $2,000 The Costs Healthcare Costs: $2,000
- 13. Stress “After the session I feel relaxed…very zen. Not as much going through my mind, I’m calmer, more peaceful and happier, with no headache."
- 14. Neuroplasticity • Emotion regulation • Self-referential processing • Depression/anxiety • Interoception • Learning and memory
- 15. Compassion “I’m more patient with my friends and family, willing to listen and feel and invest, and grateful for everything I have. I feel healthier and do more to take care of my physical health. And possibly most important, I’m nicer, both to myself and others. (And more aware I am sometimes still a cranky old man.)"
- 16. • Increased social connection • Increased life satisfaction / decreased depression • Cultivation of compassion • Decreased (stigmatized) intergroup bias Compassion
- 17. Health “I have been very aware of various pain around my body for the past couple of months, but during the meditation I had a vacation from that. I was amazed during the body scan that no part of my body was complaining."
- 18. Health • Pain relief • Cardiovascular - blood pressure, stroke, atherosclerosis • Inflammation and immune system • Etc.
- 19. Daily Practices • Gratitude: Write down 5 things you’re grateful for • Go for a walk • Pay attention • Mindfulness meditation practice
- 20. Specific Meditations • Stress and Health: Body Scan • Focus: Concentration or Direct Perception • Empathy: Loving Kindness/Metta
- 22. • Set a regular schedule • Make a space • Mini meditations Create a Practice
- 23. Questions