Tag: mindfulness
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the body and related signals
Because mindfulness interventions are concerned with the idea of being present in the moment, focusing on the body and related signals in a non-judgmental way, such methods are of high interest in research on interoception. – Fischer, D., Messner, M., and Pollatos, O. (2017) ‘Improvement of Interoceptive Processes after an 8-Week Body Scan Intervention’. Frontiers…
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there are no solitary beings
The Buddhist monk Thích Nhất Hạnh describes that none of us is a separate self, but rather we are interbeings. Whatever I am doing, the energy of mindfulness enables me to do it as “us,” through interbeing, not as “me.” When I hold a calligraphy brush, I know I cannot remove my father from my…