Mindfulness

Big Red Resilience & Well-being Author

04/22/2020 Added

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Wake Up to Well-being is a series designed to help promote positive practices for personal well-being. This session discusses incorporating daily mindfulness practices into your life.

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[00:00:01.820]Hello my name is Connie Boehm.
[00:00:03.380]I'm the Director of UNL's Big Red Resilience & Well-Being.
[00:00:08.160]I'd like to welcome you, today, to wake up to well-being.
[00:00:11.290]Today's topic is mindfulness.
[00:00:15.310]A mindfulness is a resilience, well-being activity that
[00:00:18.970]you can practice anywhere or any time during the day.
[00:00:23.630]This slide represents a variety of areas where
[00:00:26.760]you can practice mindfulness.
[00:00:29.080]For myself, I really enjoy practicing mindfulness
[00:00:32.830]when I take the dog for the walk.
[00:00:35.460]I'm really able to relax,
[00:00:38.140]really refocus, enjoy the moment,
[00:00:41.550]enjoy nature, all the sounds
[00:00:44.760]and the scenes of nature, another time I practice
[00:00:48.870]mindfulness is when I'm baking cookies
[00:00:52.510]or making banana bread.
[00:00:54.510]I really appreciate all the smells,
[00:00:56.780]being able to really focus on what I'm making
[00:01:01.150]helps me relax
[00:01:02.490]and then that finished product is great as well.
[00:01:06.880]Mindfulness really helps us all relax,
[00:01:10.180]rejuvenate, and refocus.
[00:01:13.170]It takes our mind away
[00:01:15.010]from the cluttered image on the left
[00:01:18.020]to make it look more like the image
[00:01:20.810]on the right where we're really able to focus,
[00:01:24.270]we slow down, we really get in touch
[00:01:27.600]with how we're feeling, what we're seeing,
[00:01:30.050]what we're sensing.
[00:01:33.260]We're going to practice mindfulness now.
[00:01:35.520]And I encourage you to get comfortable in your chair
[00:01:39.170]or, if you prefer, you can stand up
[00:01:42.380]with your back against the wall.
[00:01:45.860]You can either close your eyes
[00:01:48.530]during this guided meditation
[00:01:51.240]as we practice mindfulness or you can keep your eyes open
[00:01:54.610]and look at this gorgeous picture in front of you.
[00:02:00.010]So take a deep breath in,
[00:02:03.610]scanning your entire body up and down,
[00:02:06.690]from your toes to the top of your head.
[00:02:09.770]Then back down again while breathing out.
[00:02:14.520]As you inhale and exhale breath deep
[00:02:18.200]into your chest so you belly fills with the air.
[00:02:23.010]When exhaling control the air
[00:02:25.490]as it leaves your lungs.
[00:02:27.370]Make breathing in and out
[00:02:29.070]your only responsibility
[00:02:31.480]and really focus on your breath in and out.
[00:02:35.220]Listen to your breath as it goes in
[00:02:37.880]and out of your nose.
[00:02:40.270]Feel it as it fills up your lungs.
[00:02:43.970]Control it as your lungs empty.
[00:02:48.840]This is one example of mindfulness.
[00:02:51.600]And I really encourage you
[00:02:54.550]to either practice this guided mediation
[00:02:57.430]for a minute in between your class sessions
[00:03:01.210]or in between your meetings
[00:03:03.400]or get up and take a walk outside
[00:03:06.280]or even enjoy the sunshine
[00:03:10.330]and just look outside.
[00:03:12.550]So I appreciate you joining me today.
[00:03:15.040]And I really challenge you to schedule
[00:03:17.580]mindfulness moments in to every day.
[00:03:22.290]So, please, stay healthy and safe.
[00:03:26.480]And I really can't tell you how much we hope
[00:03:28.970]to see you back in Big Red Resilience
[00:03:32.130]in our physical office space
[00:03:34.510]in the University Health Center really soon.
[00:03:38.260]So take good care and thanks, again, for joining us.

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