students who were recruited to take part in one of three conditions‚ mindfulness meditation‚ hatha yoga or waitlist control group (regular PE class). This study was done over four weeks (8 sessions) for 45 min sessions. The hypothesis was to see if mindful meditation would show greater improvement in working memory capacity (WMC) over the other two condition groups. So‚ there was one variable of what was done during the 45 min PE class and its effects on WMC. That would make this one variable have
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The Mindful Body In the article‚ Scheper-Hughes and Lock examine the western beliefs associated with the mind and the body. In doing so they present three ways the body can be viewed‚ there is the individual body‚ social body and the political body. The individual body is the one that we all use in order to distinguish our individual self from others in society. The social body refers to how the body is represented as a symbol in order to think about nature‚ society and its cultures
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Reflection I chose to try doing a mindfulness exercise every morning for twenty-one days in order to see the effects it would have. A few years ago I was really good about consistently doing a mindful exercise every morning and I remembered it having a positive effect. Based on my past experiences I decided to give it another try. At the end of the twenty-one days‚ I found there was a heavy decrease in stress‚ my memory was improved slightly‚ emotions were more level‚ and my mind was sharper or
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Speech 20 October 23‚ 2013 Listening Behavior Listening examples: Person – My friend Circumstance – We were playing disc golf. My friend was telling me about his job sending him to Japan for 3 months. Listening Behavior – We were playing a game so we were not continuously looking at each other‚ I would occasionally input my feedback and opinion on the matters he spoke of. Our conversation on this topic lasted a good 20 minutes. Additional Comments – My friend was worried about leaving
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out by the same researchers regarding parents of children with autism‚ the same results of increased satisfaction in their parenting skills and relationship applied" (Singh 2006) . In both studies‚ the children of these parents benefited from the mindful parenting practice‚ showing decreases in aggressive and non-compliant behavior. "In addition‚ a mindfulness intervention for adolescents with externalizing disorders that involved
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The Power of Mindful Learning In this book‚ The Power of Mindful Learning‚ author Ellen Langer conveys the theory of mindful learning and its implications for education‚ wherever it takes place - like in school‚ on the job‚ in the home and it clearly expresses in nonacademic manner. Mindful learning involves "openness to novelty; alertness to distinction; sensitivity to different contexts; implicit‚ if not explicit‚ awareness of multiple perspectives; and orientation in the present." Certain
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satisfaction and poor teacher retention. When this happens this effects how the teacher interacts with their students which causes disruption in the learning process. Mindfulness intervention has an impact in this study because it shows how using mindful awareness helps individuals pay attention‚
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communicating‚ of which 45 percent is spent listening. Nixon and West give the following breakdown for the average time an individual spends communicating. Writing 9 % Reading 16 % Speaking 30 % Listening 45 % Since almost half of the time spent communicating is spent listening‚ it is important to overcome any obstacles that obstruct our ability to listen and to learn new ways to improve our listening ability. Barriers to Listening Anything that interferes with our
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Pseudo means false or insincere. So a pseudo listener isn’t listening properly. They may be distracted and concentrating on something else (watching tv‚ in a daydream‚ or texting). They may say ah huh‚ yes‚ but aren’t really listening at all. The six types of non-listening are as follows; Pseudo Listening‚ Monopolizing‚ Selective Listening‚ Defensive Listening‚ Ambushing and Literal Listening. As stated in the chapter‚ Pseudo Listening is when one pretends to listen. When we pseudolisten
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Listening Analysis 1 The test was divided into three individual sections. The sections were as follows; empathetic listening‚ active listening‚ and preparing to listen. In taking the assessment listed above altogether‚ I scored a 52 out of 70. According to the assessment‚ I obtain great listening skills. Listening gives you the ability to learn about new things and new people. The better at listening you are‚ the more productive you will be in your career and more opportunities will come to you
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