The Balanced Being offers group Mindfulness Classes to seniors at Senior Living Centers as well as group classes and series to private groups and workplaces
“Mindfulness is a type of meditation in which you focus on being intensely aware of what you're sensing and feeling in the moment, without interpretation or judgment. Practicing mindfulness involves breathing methods, guided imagery, and other practices to relax the body and mind and help reduce stress.”
Mindfulness practices support being present, aware, and noticing what is going on around you and within you. Through the practice of mindfulness, people typically find they become more in tune with themselves, other people, and the world around them.
Training your mind to be present and aware is much like training for other activities. To be competent in playing a musical instrument, running a marathon, or becoming a skilled surgeon, specific training is required to reach the end goal. Mindfulness is no different.
For most people, most of the time, the mind is in the past or in the future. While memory and future thinking are related to the present, the mind is usually preoccupied with them, unless present noticing is intentionally cultivated.
Thinking of the past, the mind can play, and replay, events that have already happened. Thinking of the future the mind is often concerned with what might happen and can be in a state of worry or concern. While it is the nature of the mind to take care of business, and there is a functional place for that, too much can lead to stress, stress-related illness, insomnia, physical tension, and a whole host of other issues.
Being distracted from the present can be connected to accidents and injuries. A simple accident might be bumping into a wall or something on the floor that wasn’t noticed or more serious situations such as auto accidents. Other scenarios of being distracted can be walking into a room and forgetting what you came in for.
While on devices with others present, conversations with live people can be missed.
Multi-tasking, at one time, was seen as a skill, however, today, research shows that people are more effective and efficient when focused on one task at a time.
Research studies share many benefits of mindfulness practice.
Depression and PTSD are shown in research studies to greatly improve through mindfulness practices and programs.
The Balanced Being offers group Mindfulness Classes and Series to seniors at Senior Living Centers as well as group classes and series to private groups and workplaces.
Mindfulness classes and series can include various themes and techniques to meet the specific group who is participating.
For more information, questions, or to schedule a mindfulness class, contact us at 720-219-5622 or balancedbeing@hotmail.com.