Mind-Fitness Training
European Commission’s Joint Research Centre
September 2018 - February 2019
Dedicated page for participants only
Program Format
1 Introduction
7 Weekly Trainings
3 Monthly Trainings
June 29 - introduction
September 18, 25
October 02, 09, 15, 22
November 12 (Monday)
December 10 (Monday)
January 14, 2019 (Monday)
February 11, 2019 (Monday)
Tuesdays/ Mondays 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
adjacent: time for individual requests
Dates Training
Schedule
Questions or special requests?
©Dandelion abstract by artist Julia Delgado
Happy Holidays
Wishing you optimum breathing space
& clarity
Download this special holiday gift ...
instructions &
audio
Breathscape Practice: a 20-minute meditation from
Jon Kabat-Zinn to allow you to tap into your capacity to
be in touch with your experience.
Overview
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Choose your posture.
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Recognize that my words are merely guides to things you inherently know.
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Explore your motivation and your breath.
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Allow your breath to be as it is.
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Allow your attention to be as it is.
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Rest in awareness.
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Observe your wandering mind.
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Note when your mind has wandered.
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Allow yourself to be aware of the breath again.
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Ride the waves of the breath.
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Embrace this act of loving-kindness.
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Be awake with no agenda other than to be awake.
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Allow each in-breath to be utterly fresh, a new beginning.
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Embrace each breath in this moment.
https://www.mindful.org/the-breathscape-practice-for-cultivating-mindfulness/
Questions or special requests?
STOP ... and pay Attention
Start practicing using some simple techniques
and grow a habit of calming your busy mind and relaxing for more clarity and stability of your attention. download reminder & explanation:
12 Tips ... to get started
Start practicing using some simple techniques and grow a habit of calming your busy mind and relaxing for more clarity and stability of your attention. .. download as reminder:
LINGER - and observe Pleasant Experiences
Observe instants where you stop in your tracks and become attentive
to something that gives you pleasure. Something you …
SEE, HEAR, SMELL, TASTE, TOUCH … or any combination of sensing experiences. Prolong the sensing by actively lingering and noticing
what emerges .... download guidance and observation instruction
Observe UNpleasant Experiences
Observe instants where you are taken aback by an unpleasant experience.
Become familiar with your default reaction.
Observing and recognising without rejecting or resisting.
ATTENTION TESTS
YouTube videos designed to challenge viewer observation skills.
To test just how much attention you can bring to the various changes occurring while viewing. click image to view the video.
List of Mindfulness Practices experienced
Use this list of 25 practices to remind you of the variety of choices already experienced and choose what suits you best every day. Download sheet
