Mindfulness

[|What is Mindfulness?]

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Studies of mindfulness programs in schools have found that regular practice — even just a few minutes per day — [|improves student self-control] and increases their classroom participation, respect for others, happiness, optimism, and self-acceptance levels. It can help reduce absenteeism and suspensions too. A mindfulness practice helps reduce activity in the amygdala, the brain’s emotional center responsible for fear and stress reactions. ======

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“The other thing we know mindfulness does with the brain is it increases the activity in the prefrontal cortex,” said Vicki Zakrzewski, education director at the [|UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center], which studies the science behind mindfulness. “This is where we make our decisions, how we plan, our abstract thinking,” she said. [|-Katrina Schwartz] ======

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Mindfulness is a state of active, open attention on the present. When you're mindful, you observe your thoughts and feelings from a distance, without judging them good or bad. Instead of letting your life pass you by, mindfulness means living in the moment and awakening to experience. [|- Psychology Today] ======

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