Mindfulness exercises
If you’d like to build your relationship and friendships on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, here are some mindfulness exercises from world experts in teaching mindfulness.
1. STOP meditation exercise from the MBSR workbook (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) by Bob Stahl & Elisha Goldstein
2. Four steps to stop being so hard on ourselves : RAIN by Tara Brach
3. Exercises for self-compassion by Kristin Neff
4. One minute stress reduction : Freeze frame by the HeartMath Institute
5. Notice and Ease exercise by the HeartMath Institute
6. Four Keys to Waking Up – Pema Chodron
7. As Good as it Gets – Jon Kabat-Zinn
8a. 20 Meditation Tips for Beginners – Jon Kabat-Zinn
8b. The Three Marks of Existence
Jon Kabat-Zinn street version is:
- Shit happens
- Everything changes
- It’s not about you, anyway
9. The Five Essential Skills – Rick Hanson
10. Seven step process to metabolise pain – Deepak Chopra
11. 5 Ways of Basic Mindfulness – Shinzen Young
12. The Four Great Tasks: Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age – Stephen Batchelor. The Four Noble Truths are daily practices, not something to be believed.
