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42-Min Standing Yoga (yoga de pie) by Zayda Vallejo

I’m excited to share this brand new video with you. It’s a masterclass on mindfulness for addiction with Dr Judson Brewer. Jud is the Director of Research at Center for Mindfulness and an internationally known expert in mindfulness training for addiction.

Do you know what the most powerful thing about this session is? Jud isn’t just teaching us about how to stop smoking or overeating (although those are important and included). He reveals something deeper. He shows us how this seemingly simple practice of using mindfulness for addiction, can also teach us how to untangle ourselves from what is said to be the biggest obstacle to mindful living – our attachment to craving.

Mindfulness For Addictions Video: A Masterclass With Dr Judson Brewer

Have you ever noticed that the moments when your ‘buttons are pushed’ or when you’re most reactive is when you’re in communication with other people? It’s certainly true for me. Would you like to be less reactive and more skillful and loving in the way you speak and listen? This is what this masterclass is all about!

During this masterclass Florence Meleo-Meyer teaches us a skill called ‘Insight Dialogue’, which is a form of mindful communication. It’s a skillset that brings the tranquility and insight from meditation directly into our interactions with others - giving us the capacity to be more skillful, kind, loving and authentic in our communication with family, friends, co-workers.

Florence is the Director of the Train-the-Trainer program of the Oasis Institute for Mindfulness-Based Professional Education and Training, and has taught meditation for over 30 years. She is certified as a Siddha Yoga meditation teacher as well as a senior MBSR (Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction) teacher. Florence holds degrees in education and psychotherapy and is a licensed family therapist.

I’m sure you will find this interview with Florence an incredible support in your ongoing journey into mindful living. Enjoy!

Florence Meleo-Meyer – How to Practice Mindful Communication & Forever Change Your Relationships

During this masterclass with Sharon Salzberg we explore what it means to find ‘real happiness’ and Sharon describes the obstacles that most people get caught in that keep them from this kind of happiness.

You’ll also discover tips on how to ease the voice of the inner critic, and draw on your innate capacity for courage, resilience, compassion and kindness when times get really tough.

Sharon is a world renowned meditation teacher, New York Times bestselling author and co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts. She’s been teaching meditation retreats since 1974, and has truly been a pioneer in bringing Eastern wisdom to the Western world.

How To Cultivate Real Happiness & Ease The Voice Of The Inner Critic, With Sharon Salzberg

Did you know you have a hundred million neurons (also called nerve cells or brain cells) in your intestines? The gut is now being referred to by many scientists as the gut-brain. Your heart, in addition to its other functions, also acts as a heart-brain. It’s made up of about 40,000 neurons, all of which can sense, feel, learn and remember. 
 
Yep, that’s right. We have three brains communicating together at any one point in time – The more official names are- the  and you is is you and you (head), the cardiac brain (heart), and the enteric brain (gut). Each organ has complex neuro-networks and is able to store and process information, and each has the capacity for neuroplasticity.

Many ancient wisdom teachings have put great emphasis on checking into one’s own innate intelligence, speaking about following the wisdom of the heart and gut feelings. In recent years technology and neuroscience have finally advanced enough to prove these wisdom teachings to be correct so we now know for sure... our bodies have not one, but three brains. Each of which have different ways of ‘knowing’.

Here is how you can use the intelligence wisdom and intuition of your three brains to make better decisions and stay more in touch with what really matters.

How To Practice The ‘Head-Heart-Gut’ Check In 

We make a lot of decisions every day and these decisions are what determine the direction and quality of our lives. Some are little. Some are completely life altering. All of them matter as you steer the course of your life at each little juncture.

Any time you’re at a decision point you can use this mini meditation to respond (and not react)  to what is arising with with wisdom and intelligence, making more mindful choices leading to a fuller happier more authentic life.

Step 1: Take three deep slow conscious breaths as a way of gathering your awareness to the present moment.

Step 2: Take a deep slow breath as you take your attention to the head and notice what kinds of thoughts are present in relation to the current situation. 

Step 3: Drop awareness down to the heart area as you take another deep slow breath. Take a moment to attend to what values you have in this situation, what you care about and what your deepest intention is. 

Step 4: Drop awareness down into the gut. As you take another breath, acknowledge any hunches, intuitions or emotions that are present.

Step 5: Collect all this Information and take another breath in and out as you mentally ask yourself the question “what shall I do now?” Listen for the answer.

The ‘Head-Heart-Gut’ Check In can be done in just seven breaths. This powerful, simple mini meditation will help you connect to your whole self in the moments when you need it the most. 

Why not give it a try today (and let me know how you go on the facebook page!)

May it be an ally and a support to you in your moments of decision today and beyond

Warmly, 

Melli O’Brien

The Head-Heart-Gut Check In: A One Minute Meditation for Making Wise Choices

Do you find it a challenge to sustain mindfulness in your daily life? Do you sometimes find yourself falling back into old unhelpful ways of thinking and living that don’t serve you? Even with all the mindfulness teachings and tips out there there is very little guidance on how to really make mindfulness sustainable in your life. 

That's why i created this masterclass with Dr Elisha Goldstein on how to make mindfulness stick in your life. During this masterclass we discuss the things that will make the most profound impact when it comes to truly integrating and sustaining mindfulness into your life. Elisha is a psychologist, author and speaker who synthesizes traditional psychotherapy with mindfulness practices. 

This masterclass is short, punchy, and contains practical tips that have the power to make a huge impact on your life. Enjoy : )

How to Make Mindfulness Sustainable In Your Life: A Mindfulness Masterclass With Elisha Goldstein

40-Min Mindful Movement Standing Postures by Livia Walsh

35-Min Mindful Movement by Deborah Rana

45-Min Mindful Movement Standing Postures by Lois Howland

UCSD Center for Mindfulness 2014

45-Min Mindful Movement Lying Down Postures by Lois Howland

mPEAK Mental Noting -30min

mPEAK 30-Min Mental Noting by Pete Kirchmer

mPEAK Body Scan2 -30min

mPEAK 30-Min Body Scan2 by Pete Kirchmer

mPEAK Body Scan -30 min

mPEAK 30-Min Body Scan by Pete Kirchmer

AOB Counting 30 min.

mPEAK 30-Min Awareness of Breath Meditation by Pete Kirchmer

The UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness is a multi-faceted program of professional training, education, research and outreach intended to further the practice and integration of mindfulness into all aspects of society.

We offer a broad range of mindfulness-based programs and initiatives. Whether your interest in mindfulness is personal or professional, on behalf of a young family member or your workplace, or if you are just curious about what it is, you are invited to explore our online home. The center is a program of the UC San Diego Center for Integrative Medicine and UC San Diego School of Medicine's Department of Family Medicine and Public Health.