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including Buddhist meditation practises
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and Western scientific research,
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especially neuroscience.
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Mindfulness programmes appeared as early as 1979,
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led by John Kabat Zin,
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author of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction,
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they entered the business world.
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what is mindfulness?
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What are its benefits,
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how can it be practised?
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What is mindfulness?
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sammasati in Pali,
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can be translated as right attention.
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It refers to vigilant awareness as opposed to autopilot,
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such as when we are driving or performing repetitive tasks.
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Mindfulness is a natural state of awareness that we can learn to develop,
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especially through meditation exercises.
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These meditation exercises require us to intentionally
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focus our attention on the present moment
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without judging the experience that unfolds moment by moment.
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Mindfulness is the antithesis or antidote to stress.
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Mindfulness is a state of full consciousness.
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Being 100% in the present moment,
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our thoughts focused on what is and especially on our breathing and our five senses.
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Stress is often a state of non-presence to the present.
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We stress because our attention is focused on the past,
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misunderstanding,
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or on the future,
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a mixture of hope and anxiety.
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Our mind is a champion out of category to turn to the past
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that we often ruminate on,
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or the future with all our projections of what our
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future could be with our fears and performance requirements.
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we are never really there in the now.
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Mindfulness meditation brings me back to the here and now in my body in the being mode
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rather than not in the doing mode.
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With a neutral gaze on what is opening myself to what is,
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no problem to solve,
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just being here present,
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What are the benefits of mindfulness?
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Neuroscience researchers have thus demonstrated that
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learning to develop the being mode,
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which is the object of mindfulness programmes,
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helps to reduce psychological disorders and
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maintains both mental and physical health.
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3 minutes of conscious breathing activates the parasympathetic system,
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which generates physical and mental calm,
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explains Sybil von der Fen.
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The list of benefits is long.
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Decentation of thoughts,
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regulation of emotions,
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calmness settles down.
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Better attention to what is.
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We develop our five senses and we put a new eye on the world which brings gratitude.
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Decrease of our automaicisms.
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We have more choices.
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Reconnection with ourself,
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our inner being,
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some would say our soul,
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letting go and trust.
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The practise of mindfulness makes us discover a space of calm
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and safety within us,
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to which we can return.
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In this safe space,
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it is easier to be open and available to others and to what is.
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I have accompanied executives in large groups,
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who hired mindfulness experts to help their executives.
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To know how to settle down
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and let go for a while their stress of the past and the future,
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to be fully there in the observation of what is around them,
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in the observation of what is happening inside them without judgement,
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This is what Emily,
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journalist in the audiovisual industry and very stressed by her job,
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told the Express magazine.
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Mindfulness helps me to stop the mental ruminations
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to which I am a subject.
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The slightest remark from my boss made me enter into endless ramblings.
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when I see myself sucked into this negativity,
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I observe what's going on inside me,
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and I can consciously stop
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my negative thoughts
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when faced with a disturbing situation,
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observing first my physical reactions and then the emotions that flow from them.
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Allows me to make a detour that cuts off my instinctive reaction.
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I can then come back to the situation and look at it objectively.
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According to the philosopher and Buddhist monk Matteo Ricard,
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mindfulness feeds the virtuous spiral of presence and benevolence.
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The professional world has everything to gain from it.
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It has been proven that
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companies where it is good to live,
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companies where cooperation prevails over internal competition,
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prosper much better.
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How to practise mindfulness.
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On the brown.EDU website,
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you can find the approved mindfulness associations by country.
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You will then find the list of certified instructors.
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The formal training lasts 8 weeks.
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step by step experiment mindfulness.
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The first piece of advice I will give you is to
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bring your head back to where your feet are.
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I work on such and such a file.
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I eat a rib steak,
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I listen to such and such a colleague.
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I have this knot in my throat,
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I play with my children.
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Open your five senses to what is there in the present moment.
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Focus your attention on your body,
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your body's sensations.
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Explore the present reality without judgement on it,
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without labelling it,
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whether this is reality as pleasant or unpleasant.
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Mindfulness meditation does not change reality,
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does not seek to change it.
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its practise leads us to take a new look at reality,
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to apprehend reality differently,
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being open in communication,
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in communion to what is people,
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Full presence can be practised for any task.
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I wash my hands and feel the contact of water on my skin,
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the sound of running water,
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the smell of soap.
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I make a photocopy and I am fully present.
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I open the cover.
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I put the sheet.
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I press the button.
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I retrieve the copy.
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I open the cover.
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I retrieve the original.
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Put your attention and your senses in every gesture of daily life.
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Thoughts are not elsewhere.
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smile at my colleague in full consciousness.
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That's communication,
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I commune with what is.
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The main instructor of mindfulness at Google is Shade Mentang.
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He entrusted the Express magazine with a simple
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mindfulness exercise.
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He advises to start small,
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How do you calm your body and mind before a meeting?
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If you have very little time before your meeting,
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just take a deep breath.
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I'm here in the here and now ready for the meeting.
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If you have a little more time,
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During the first breath,
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pay attention to your body,
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calm down and relax your body.
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During the second breath,
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focus your attention on your face and its contractions.
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Relax your face.
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During the 3rd breath
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you wish internally that the person who is going to come into your office,
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the person you are going to meet,
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3 breaths change everything.
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Chad Mentang also advises,
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when all the participants of the meeting have arrived,
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start with 2 minutes of calm silence.
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This will change the whole atmosphere and efficiency of the meeting.
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Taking breaks brings us back to the here and now in our body,
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in our breathing in front of a new blank page
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Our mind is only a tiny part of our consciousness.
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Mindfulness today consists in defocusing the mind,
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often hyperfocused in the past,
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To bring it back to the now without judgement,
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choosing consciously where we focus our attention,
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where we direct our mind
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is fruitful and liberating.
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It is an essential step,
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but consciousness operates far beyond the mind.
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Computers today are becoming more powerful and intelligent than our minds.
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We will not win this race.
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What differentiates us from them
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is consciousness.
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We will truly have reached full consciousness
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when we will be able to go beyond our mind as so wonderful but so limited,
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so focused mind.
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