out of hundreds of people tested. The research question was obvious: Was this due to meditation practice, or some other difference such as lifestyle? To explore this, the team studied before-and-after brain images on participants who volunteered for an eight-week MBSR class. Davidson and colleagues demonstrated that meditation for forty-five

Creating a safe learning environment. As with any group, establishing a safe, respectful, and nurturing environment is essential.

While mindfulness is about directing and sustaining attention to the present-moment experience, it is not only about the fact that we are paying attention, but also about how we pay attention.

Not a Buddhist class.

The most important quality a mindfulness facilitator brings into the classroom is the embodiment of mindfulness and compassion.

Mindfulness entails uninvolved receptivity of experience in a non-doing mode. Loving-kindness and compassion, on the other hand, are actively directed practices: radiating out or embracing.

Mindfulness entails uninvolved receptivity of experience in a non-doing mode. Loving-kindness and compassion, on the other hand, are actively directed practices: radiating out or embracing.

The participants learn that a) they can intentionally direct their attention to the perception of an experience, b) the full range of experience can be expected, c) somebody else might have the same or a different experience than they do, d) there is no right way to feel, and e) all of experience can be met without judgment.

Reassure and Normalize