Mindful.org is the website for a non-profit organization called Mindful. This website is a collection of information for anyone interested in the method of mindfulness. It provides news articles, mindful meditation guides, videos, mindfulness research, podcasts, personal stories, and advice for those who are working to implement mindfulness into their daily lives. The organization defines mindfulness as “the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us.” It states that waking the “inner workings of our mental, emotional, and physical processes” is the goal of mindfulness.
This is a great resource for anyone looking to incorporate mindfulness into their routines. While looking through their site I found a video featuring Jon Kabat-Zinn, the founder of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program, and found out that though mindfulness different areas of your brain can light up. Lateral areas are more lit up during mindfulness than when we are just on autopilot. The most useful information on this website are the compiled research article that it provides on the benefits of mindfulness on mental health, physical health, relationships, kids, work, and over all wellbeing. One link in particular took me to an article on why schools in England are teaching mindfulness. This article written by Jamie Bristow introduces a new study being done by the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families along with the University College London. They will be looking at children from 370 schools that take part in mindfulness exercises. The goal of this study is to see the effectiveness of different approaches to determine the best ways to foster student’s mental health and wellbeing. Through this article, I found out that half of all mental illnesses begin by the age of fourteen, which is something that I had never heard before. Through research, they hope to provide the best approach to meeting the needs of students with mental health issues. This website was a great resource in finding the benefits of mindfulness through research based methods.
Website:
Getting Started with Mindfulness. (n.d.). Retrieved July 7, 2019, from https://www.mindful.org/meditation/mindfulness-getting-started/
Article Referenced:
Bristow, J. (2019, February 26). Why Schools in England Are Teaching Mindfulness. Retrieved July 7, 2019, from https://www.mindful.org/why-schools-in-england-are-teaching-mindfulness/
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