Mindfulness Stress Reduction And Healing

[gophomaxx]

Tenseing each major muscle group and then relaxing that muscle is important for the Hans Selye approach.

[asana1973]

The biggest issue with western medicine and doctors..hm..they do not heal..they cut, give shots and give pills..that's it...nice to see the merging of the two...as elaborated on in your video...

[Bodha8]

It is also important to understand that there are other informal mindful meditations used that enable us to remain mindful throughout our day (walking meditation. mindful eating etc).

The length of our mindful meditation is not as critical as is the frequency with which we are able to enter the NOW, during our day. As we become more proficient at being able to realize a mindful state the more we are able to live a mindful life. Creating Daily Mindfulness.

[AFFIRMATIONS1]

THANKS

[looluve]

thank U John !

[looluve]

thank U Jhon !

[rmat007]

Incredible! I'm 2/3rd into this and I have not heard him refer to India at all, when all meditation traditions and Budha himself can be traced to India. What gives ?

[eddiehatred]

@rmat007 I think he's trying to move away from the stereotypical image that people have of meditation, and bring it out into the open to make people realise that it's not something they have to shave their head and live in a cave wearing only robes to do. He's trying to convince a bunch of city dwelling, logical minded people who analyse everything that they could benefit from meditation. So, he's sticking to the scientific findings. Why should he mention India? It's not a history lecture.

[SaBajra]

@rmat007 He mentioned Nepal. That's where Buddha originally comes from.

[DurkaDurkaallahjihad]

Or just smoke a fucking joint and relax xD

[meerapot]

I get headache at the back of my head when i do this (stress headache - i am suffering from depression now). It has been only two days. Is this normal ?

[AnneSarah100]

really looking forward to this

[TheRialc]

Allow unlimited Abundance to come into your life from this moment forard...

[greeniem]

@TheRialc no bama

[rowendthornton]

Very good

[iamgoddard]

Since this video was posted, a new study finds that mindfulness meditation may exert the positive effect on telomeres that Jon posits (9:24), and so it could extend health- or even life-span. It reads:

"Telomerase activity is a predictor of long-term cellular viability... we investigated the effects of a 3-month meditation retreat on telomerase activity... This is the first study to link meditation and positive psychological change with telomerase activity."

@ PubMed(dot)com Enter: 21035949

[RobMonty248]

Life is longer then we know, or can remmember.

Each individual is on thier path finding answers everyday. The path never ends.

We Can not point fingers at someone learning a lesson weve mastered or have not learned yet until you see most of it is because you entertained the thought in the first place. Projection of peace in all aspects of mind, thought, prayer, speech and what you listen to. TV istelf creates destruction into the listeners projection. TV creates Egotistical situations.Tune out

[kyroseternaltime]

Practicing mindfulness reduces stress and improves your ability to get more work done in less time. 

[Alkenphel]

this was an awesome film. thank you

[revndoc]

I recently completed a position paper that illuminates in detail the location, in space, where I believe the human mind actually exists; our image filled minds are generated as complex mental holograms by our brains; the human mind is not to be found in the structure of the brain, but rather in its function; the working brain is generating an energy stream, which projects sensory images into a mental imaging chamber(mind) made up of the magnetic field that surrounds each of our physical bodies;

[bobbytmathew]

@revndoc where can i find this paper?

[revndoc]

@bobbytmathew

[oiaisso]

any chance we could see the graph of matthieu ricard meditating at 48:21? cheers

[Gunzo54]

Nothing is new. Earlier, before Mindfulness was IN, there was Maharishi Mahesh Yogi with Transcendental Meditation. Remember the Beatles! ...Meditation is the act of Religere (reconnect) conciously with the NeuroPhysical experience we can have. Whether you are a scientist or just you! It is not about being new, it is about being NOW!

[jschinnerer]

Mindfulness has 30 years of research to back it up. Excellent tool for helping manage anger, irritability, anxiety and more. If you are interested in more Advanced Tools for the Mind (ATM), check out video blog Real Men, Real Happiness by John Schinnerer Ph.D.

[Dina379]

Thank you very much, I wish I were there, brilliant speaker! Loved it!!!

[fjbdc]

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[Dina379]

Thanks a million, this is what I needed to hear!!! This man is brilliant!!! 

[9177833417]

if you haven't seen this already I thought you might like.

[MrGrevy]

"CLimate change"?? Good lord kiss your credibility good bye. Disgusting.

[thelilyofthevalley5]

wonderful talk! breakthrough is the turning toward something. being human is like a guesthouse. I also liked his take on being spiritual. spiritual as what it means to be human. i have to find that poem now. "the guesthouse".

[TheLoretmas]

Is there a way to download? I am new to Youtube.

[BendyCowgirl]

It's a google product so maybe try them?

[mirsha78]

@BendyCowgirl

download the yourtube downloader, then download them.

[mirsha78]

@TheLoretmas download the yourtube downloader, then download them.

[CaLLMeGLENN]

@TheLoretmas mozilla fire fox and go to tools then add-ons. then type youtube to mp3

[frepi]

And I suppose that you think you are that teacher? Deflate that ego of yours...

[tezamysticangel]

thank you for sharing this wisdom!

namaste!

[Valianso]

the longest video on youtube :O

[Aelle2000]

haha because google owns this place.

[yggseleaf]

Nu uh, check out some of the Berkley physics lectures!

[jeepchick0534]

awesome, is there anyway to get this downloaded to play off the internet?

[erezr1234]

nice good luck

see my movie also

very nice and good energy

[johnnychau01]

The Breathing Meditation

1. prepare your enviornment. check posture

2. close your eyes, relax.

3. Focus on your breath entering and leaving your body.

4. Count breths one to four. Repeat

5. Dont fight a wandering mind, but calmly direct it back to the task.

6. Sit still for a minute afterwards.

This way is the only way to build your positive energy which plays an important role of moments we have to decide to live and heal ourselves..

[emiledingemans]

@johnnychau01 Can you explain 'the task' in point 5. And what kind of decision is made in point 6? Thank you

[snpmurray]

35:38 "Thats advanced practice"....

Actually not, all children do this. It is fundament not advancement.

[1PostPoMoMaN1]

Better than children, once mastered.

[Quake203]

that was a quote from a 900-year-old poem. give him a break!

[skatetennis123]

@snpmurray

not all children greet people at the door laughing.... often children don't laugh when they see someone they dont know...

[Ares121288]

I love this, no spiritual bullcrap, just real, scientific approach to the truth of mindfulness and meditation. JKZ is my favorite

[anulay]

Ares121288: Yes! That's exactly why I like him too. He doesn't delve into any of that new age bullshit (he actually used that exact phrase in one of his other google lectures). And yet, what he is encouraging is a very profound and a very beautiful approach to bettering one's life.

[mikeyo1234]

I agree... I see so many 'spiritual' people getting caught up in spiritual materialism, such as josticks, robes, meditation mats, buddha statues. In actuality all those things are attachment... utterly pointless and only there to stroke the poor ego.

Here's to scientifically provable spiritual practises. Cut the junk out of religion now!

[devin1649]

Response to: @mikeyo1234

The path equanimity is one that renounces attachment and aversion to incense, robes, meditation mats, Buddha statues, people, money, computers, junk, ego etc. Renunciation is not getting rid of these things, it is relating to them kindly without rejecting or holding to them. What looks like spiritual materialism from the outside might not be on closer inspection. Judging others motivations is very difficult (if not impossible) to accurately do.

[89992]

@mikeyo1234 Just an FYI, Jon Kabat-Zinn is a practicing Buddhist and uses all those things you just mentioned...without attachment.

[mikeyo1234]

@89992 If he's so unattached to spiritual trinkets then he obviously doesn't need them! Try reading up on 'Spiritual Materialism'... to deny the fact is to delude yourself spiritually. It can be hard to admit this truth... I recommend at least contemplating it. I was pretty perplexed when a friend first told me a few years ago, however over time it was rather obvious that it was my ego being attached to all that junk.

[89992]

@mikeyo1234 True, he does not need them. He uses them simply because it is the tradition. Why reinvent the wheel? I have read of "Spiritual Materialism" and it is possible to become attached to all that stuff. However, simply because someone uses them does not necessarily mean there is attachment. The practices remove attachments. If attachments are removed, then there is no need to use them, nor is there a need to not use them. Aversion is the flipside of attachment and not different than it.

[mikeyo1234]

@89992 I can see where you're coming from now. I think with really good awareness people can become aware of their spiritual materialism, and can later transcend it without the need to some of the trinkets away.

I went through a path of spirituality, and spiritual materialism, but later I realised I didn't need the trinkets. At another stage even spirituality itself becomes redundant, at least that's the path I took. Zen is good for this as Zen later on isn't needed. Not enough words... doh!

[destiny6666]

@mikeyo1234 - agree, perhaps like many things in life there's that psychological link ... if you look the part, shave your head, robes, mats etc ... you think you will do the spiritual thing properly/better ... like when I tilt my baseball cap to the exact angle, wear my baggy tracksuit and the right about of bling ... my rap flows better & I can pop all the dance moves ... hehehehehehe

[mikeyo1234]

@destiny6666 Interesting point. I fear though that it would take more than a baseball cap and bling to improve my severely poor dance moves! hehe

[lamrimeater]

@mikeyo1234 i disagree. i have statues that i have collected, books, dharma items, and i'm not attatched to them. they help me in ways to keep me reminded of the Buddha and what he taught (also the many other buddhas that have taught us) if they were to be destroyed there would be some sadness at first but i would remember that the seeds of the buddha are in of us.

[mikeyo1234]

@lamrimeater "and i'm not attatched to them" - then give them to charity.

"they help me in ways to keep me reminded of the Buddha" - You are telling me that you will forget Buddha WITHOUT these material objects!?

FAIL!

[lamrimeater]

@mikeyo1234 if u are someone who respects the buddhist community you shouldnt talk that way and you would understand why people use these tools. since i'm a novice these tools do help me but i am very aware of attachment and am working on the process of attachment. in fact i have to be more careful of drugs, emotions, and improper communication, than i do the items of the dharma. Buddha spoke about not being attached to anything. and therefore that is my goal. please be kind

[mikeyo1234]

@lamrimeater I am not trying to be unkind. I am merely confused about people who talk of not being attached and non-materialistic being attached and materialistic. It seems a little odd to me. I meditate and I'm an atheist. I don't need all the supernatural beliefs, and I don't need to believe in mythology or have a need for physical objects to acquire success as meditation. Buddha didn't need these things either, so why do you? Maybe that would be something to reflect on?

[lamrimeater]

@mikeyo1234 But the very fact that you said Fail and assume that i cling to ego thought my spiritual practice and objects is something you should probably reflect upon. especially in the nature of Spiritual Materialism. unfortunately u tube doesnt let me express everything in words due to char limis. i dont know your beliefs, but to automatically discredit others b/c u feel you've found what works is the very nature of Ego. you are in fact catering to it right now with your comments.

[mikeyo1234]

@lamrimeater I have a huge ego and I don't mind admitting it. I see a problem with spiritual seekers who think they don't, or the people who talk of seeking detachment while totally attaching to material objects such as the spiritual trinkets I mentioned. This blindness is quite insane.

We don't need the mumbo jumbo of religion. Meditation alone is fine, I don't worship meditation though, it's just a tool like any other.

[smrndoff]

@mikeyo1234

Can you explain what a 'huge ego' means to you?

I'm thinking specifically about a high regard for oneself predicated on measureable qualities versus a high regard based on nothing but a delusional self regard.

So, bearing that in mind, which kind of 'huge ego' do you have?

Put simply, we can all believe we are great at many things but it doesn't actually mean we are.

So, what feeds your 'huge ego'? Is it talent or delusion?

[mikeyo1234]

@smrndoff I hope things are going well for you :) Have a great day :)

[smrndoff]

@mikeyo1234

No you don't (hope things are going well for me)....but I intend to (have a nice day) just the same, thanks.

[Redsparrowe123]

@smrndoff It's always delusion. It may, when corresponding to a certain action, be backed up by talent. But if you look at your ego, or your mind (thoughts), or your desires/ desire to control anything uncontrollable, philosophically, it's clear that these things are insane. Or at the very least, without any real consequence. We are all so self important until we face our own mortality, which can happen at any time, then our castles in the sand just wash away like they never existed.

[lamrimeater]

@mikeyo1234 #

the point! i dont need these things, but to a buddhist they can help us with the discipline. there is nothing wrong with this as long as we dont wear buddhism or its objects, texts, etc on our sleeve.. and that should go for every spiritual, religious, or non belief an individual has. i think you missed the true idea of Spiritual Materialism.. i guess the Dalai Lama, the Karmapas, and the many monks and nuns who live with these items are Spiritual Materialist too..

[lamrimeater]

@mikeyo1234 im afraid that you may not have a complete understanding of how Buddhism works. Especially Tibetan Buddhism... unfortunately it has gotten lost with the New Age propaganda promising the fruits of wisdom... Buddhism is not that. in fact Pema Chodren talks about abandoning hope of fruition. which is becoming an essential too to my own self awareness.. but if you do and you just reject it thats your own beliefs and thats fine. honestly.

[mishabaikal]

weed is ok sometimes.... true high/balance is on the inside, brothers and sisters =) look for it inside of you. not literally.

[1peoplesun]

He talks universal but he waves his timekeeper around he talks freedom but he wares christian wedding bands made of gold

a free man is not bound by time.

[anulay]

1peoplesun: Chill dude. If one is considerate of others -- when giving a lecture, they have to make sure it's within a reasonable time-frame that isn't too long to ware people out but that can still be informative enough. As far as the ring thing, who cares? It doesn't mean it was made by starving children. For all you know, it could be an heirloom or given to him by someone else. I think someone can be free AND keep a god damn watch around.

[paulrosscz]

if you guys are stressed out..smoke weed

[1PostPoMoMaN1]

No.

[realslimshaddyy]

He is only talkin about what he did..met dalai lama etc..there is no productive information

[1PostPoMoMaN1]

No.

[WScheinman]

Jon Kabat-Zinn is one of the great teachers of our time.

[ruzickaw]

too much talking, too little practical teaching

[toamaori]

yes its letting go of ego, knowing that its ok NOT to be correct all the time, by being wrong we create lessons, be being aware we percieve those lessons,

[toamaori]

the brain is its own best medicine :)

[mlesseraux]

this guy is terrific

[jackietaktik]

DUDE U A LEG

[MaBu888]

Am I NOT??? Of course consciousness or I-amness is more than the leg, it's the mind and body and all . . .

[HaywireOnFire]

Doing, doing, doing. In my American society it's all (and I mean ALL) about doing. Unfortunately, we desperately need people like Kabat-Zinn to actually give us permission to stop and smell the roses of our life.

[MaBu888]

I am rright hhere, in this vvery mmoment and whereever I end up being there I am. I see all of thought and emotion as waves that my feet are aware of, my feet are my mind, in that way. Awareness...

[verdegumby]

People need to know that stress will run your body down, cause you to become ill and can eventually kill you.Minimizing stress and dealing with it is very important.Having a daily stress reduction program would greatly help.

[Thassrightbaby]

I write these words to encourage others to try it out and commit to it - you have to have the will to want improve yourself.

[raggatata]

thank you mister Jon Kabal-Zinn,

i'm now reading your book (bought yesterday in Amsterdam 'where ever you go there you are) loving it! my first steps on mindfullness..

love, Marijke (Holland)

[Thassrightbaby]

Hi is the book good? Can I converse with you in youtube and ask you a couple of questions in relation to mindfulness?

[24dcambridge]

Hi, I've completed Jon's 8 week mindfulness based stress reduction course here in the U.K. I'd be happy to answer any question you have - from my own experience of the course.

[Monacolady]

HI I am thinking about doing the Uk MBSR course , I have to do the one on one telephone course as I live in France and can't keep flying over. Did you find the course helped in any way, I have stress related anxiety and hope this course will help

[eMbry00s]

I'd advice you to check out the book Zen Mind, Beginners Mind. It's very popular and generally recommended to anybody who wants to practice Zen or mindfulness. Also check out the playlist Zen that I've fixed on my profile. It's got a few of these 1 hour long talks and they're all very good.

[jhaslam17]

@24dcambridge. Im from the uk and i am thinking of going on a mbsr course where did you do that. And are you still practising it now 2 years later - or feeling the effects of it. I saw Jon a week ago in Oxford. He is inspirational.

[24dcambridge]

the book is great, but remember the important part is the practise, not reading about the practise. This course helped me to regain a balance in my life, but it's an ongoing process, making space just "to be". The book is called "Full Catastrophe Living".

[Thassrightbaby]

Hi, yeah thanks for the reply. Yup I brought the book about a week ago, and have been practicing the techniques. Yeah thanks for the advice in relation to practising. I'm enjoying the book and its gradually restoring balance for me as well

[larshornborg]

I had the good fortune to sit with Jon and colleague Saki in 2006. Remarkable teaching with a lasting influence. This talk at Google is excellent! /Lars.

[jkygogo]

Please respect Buddhism. You may want to secularize this technique. But please respect.

Thanks.

[24dcambridge]

I'm sure that there was no disrespect intended. I didn't see any, certainly. Meditation is common to many paths and traditions. All are respected.

[BerbereLibre]

great vid ,thanx for sharing.

[calenito88]

its ok...

[michaelstigor]

it is a pleasure to experience that modern science and old wisdom can now re-affirm eachother

[JUSTRELAXANENJOY]

wow - this let us all know and feel..

there´s a lot of hope

just.. GREAT

just..

T H A N K Y O U !

[hiddenmind]

this man knows, and is, mindfulness. 5 stars.

[pappychecks]

I'm so glad all of this research is happening!

[timmyburdon]

I love this video, it make so much sense .