Mindful In May | Day 1

Day One

Day 1: An interview with
Kelly McGonical

Transform your stress and build greater resilience

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Video Objectives About Kelly McGonical Video Objectives

In this video you’ll learn:

What is mindfulness and how it relates to our ability to manage stress
What is a “mindset” and how it can powerfully change the impact of stress
Practical tools to transform your stress and build resilience
The surprising physiology of stress and difference between the threat, challenge and tend and be-friend response on your wellbeing

About Kelly McGonical

Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D., is a health psychologist teaching at Stanford University and specializing in the mind-body connection. Her work focuses on how we can translate neuroscience and modern psychology research into practical strategies for better health, happiness, personal success, and relationships. She is the author of The Upside of Stress, The Willpower Instinct. Her Ted Talk How to make stress your friend has reached nearly 20 million people.

Mindfulness of the body meditation

by Elise Bialylew

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Welcome to day one

Mindfulness meditation is a powerful tool that can help you upgrade your inner technology, your mind, to keep up with demands of our increasingly complex world.

I think of mindfulness as a type of fitness training for the mind, that strengthens it to be more focussed, and calm. One of the most powerful ways to develop mindfulness is initially through the practice of meditation.

We begin this one month program with a guided meditation that connects us to the body. The body is a reliable anchor to the present moment, whereas the mind takes us into a virtual reality of thinking about the past or the future.

So we start by bringing our attention to awareness of our senses and the body. The mind will continuously pull your attention to your thoughts, and your challenge is to notice when you’ve become distracted, and then simply bring your attention back to the focus of the meditation – sensations in your body.

It sounds simple, but it’s actually very challenging.

Jump right in and try out your first mindfulness meditation below.

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