What is mindfulness practice?
The mindful workplace: developing resilient individuals and resonant organizations with MBSR
Format:
Book Chapter
Publication Date:
Nov 30, 2010
Publisher:
Wiley-Blackwell
Place of Publication:
Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA
Pages:
31 - 56
Sources ID:
64721
Notes:
Introduction: the business case for mindfulness training -- What is mindfulness? -- What is mindfulness practice? -- Positive and negative stress: up and down the Yerkes-Dodson curve -- Approach and avoidance: learning new ways to be with what is -- Metacognition: knowing your thoughts as thoughts -- Respond: learning not to react -- Mindfulness and emotional intelligence: positive relationships at work -- Mindfulness for leaders -- Mindfulness in coaching -- Living mindfully -- Putting on an eight-week mindfulness course in a workplace setting -- Appendices: 1: Good practice guidance for teaching mindfulness-based courses -- 2: Review of significant mindfulness research -- 3: Further reading -- 4: Further training and other resources
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This book offers a practical and theoretical guide to the benefits of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in the workplace, describing the latest neuroscience research into the effects of mindfulness training and detailing an eight-week mindfulness training course.Provides techniques which allow people in organizations to listen more attentively, communicate more clearly, manage stress and foster strong relationships
Includes a complete eight-week mindfulness training course, specifically customized for workplace settings, along with further reading and training resources
Written by a mindfulness expert and leading corporate trainer