Re: continuing Savage's thread

[Guest guest]

Thanks for responding - I need to go back and read some more on mindfulness and

ways to practice. I know there is a lot in GOOYM. Your ideas and encouragement

are really appreciated.

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> > I love all of the practical application ideas!!!! That is so what I need. I

was wondering how some of you practice the mindfulness aspect. Do you set aside

a time daily to meditate or what?? If so how long and how do you go about it

exactly??? I see that the defusion is kinda ongoing but the mindfulness I don't

really have a handle on.

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[Guest guest]

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> > > I love all of the practical application ideas!!!! That is so what I need.

I was wondering how some of you practice the mindfulness aspect. Do you set

aside a time daily to meditate or what?? If so how long and how do you go about

it exactly??? I see that the defusion is kinda ongoing but the mindfulness I

don't really have a handle on.

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> >

>

I personally have been meditating for 10 min in the morning and 10 mins at

night. I've found that it certainly does help me to defuse my negative thoughts

and (after a few minutes) does help me to slow down and " just be " .

When I meditate, I try to go into the experience with no expectations (is that

an expectation in and of itself? and just acknowledge my thoughts as they

arise. Typically for the first few minutes it feels like a blizzard of all sorts

of random thoughts - mostly problem solving / unresolved issue type worrisome

thoughts - but then it slows down and things become more peaceful.

I've not been at it for long - couple weeks now - but I like what I'm seeing so

far.

Peace.

- Savage

[Guest guest]

I find it helpful to be curious (not expectant or dreadful) when practicing CONNECTION () or CONTACT WITH THE PRESENT MOMENT (Official ACT term). A funny story: When I fist started trying "meditation I read somewhere that I should possess seven traits (such as curiosity) when meditating. Picture me with a list of these seven attributes on a card in front of me trying to invoke them all at the same time. Like juggling seven balls. I settled on curiosity!BillTo: ACT_for_the_Public From: NbleSavage@...Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:00:03 +0000Subject: Re: continuing Savage's thread

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> > > I love all of the practical application ideas!!!! That is so what I need. I was wondering how some of you practice the mindfulness aspect. Do you set aside a time daily to meditate or what?? If so how long and how do you go about it exactly??? I see that the defusion is kinda ongoing but the mindfulness I don't really have a handle on.

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I personally have been meditating for 10 min in the morning and 10 mins at night. I've found that it certainly does help me to defuse my negative thoughts and (after a few minutes) does help me to slow down and "just be".

When I meditate, I try to go into the experience with no expectations (is that an expectation in and of itself? and just acknowledge my thoughts as they arise. Typically for the first few minutes it feels like a blizzard of all sorts of random thoughts - mostly problem solving / unresolved issue type worrisome thoughts - but then it slows down and things become more peaceful.

I've not been at it for long - couple weeks now - but I like what I'm seeing so far.

Peace.

- Savage

[Guest guest]

My main practice is an hour to an hour and half of mindful yoga about 6 days a week at my lovely little local yoga center (much less when I am on the road).This yoga/mindfulness practice has been a real blessing for me. It is a great practice for dropping into the moment with awareness and openness. It was a little birthday present I gave myself last year about this time and has become a really sumptuous part of daily life for me.Also I do small instances of stopping, breathing,letting my shoulder blades slide down my back, noticing....often through the day--maybe a simple prayer "God make me like water."All seems to keep me headed in the right direction.peace

G. 205 Peabody BuildingPsychology DepartmentUniversity of MississippiOxford, MS 38677ph: fax: academic homepage:www.olemiss.edu/working/kwilson/kwilson.htmalso check outwww.onelifellc.comwww.mindfulnessfortwo.comwww.facebook.com/kellygwilsonwww.tastybehaviorism.comwww.abnormalwootwoot.com

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> > > I love all of the practical application ideas!!!! That is so what I need. I was wondering how some of you practice the mindfulness aspect. Do you set aside a time daily to meditate or what?? If so how long and how do you go about it exactly??? I see that the defusion is kinda ongoing but the mindfulness I don't really have a handle on.

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> >

>

I personally have been meditating for 10 min in the morning and 10 mins at night. I've found that it certainly does help me to defuse my negative thoughts and (after a few minutes) does help me to slow down and "just be".

When I meditate, I try to go into the experience with no expectations (is that an expectation in and of itself? and just acknowledge my thoughts as they arise. Typically for the first few minutes it feels like a blizzard of all sorts of random thoughts - mostly problem solving / unresolved issue type worrisome thoughts - but then it slows down and things become more peaceful.

I've not been at it for long - couple weeks now - but I like what I'm seeing so far.

Peace.

- Savage

[Guest guest]

To me, in my wretched and tense body, meditaion sounds like a dream and I can't wait to be able to do it successfully myself oneday. Iknow it will turn my life around.

If you click to the BBC Radio 4 link below and go to 26 minutes you will hear how a famous author stopped the pain in his hips with meditation. The whole program is about our thinking minds, and language, and how this can cause us problems.

They say here how we may go on holiday and yet spend the whole time thinking, and rehearsing, in our minds what we our going to say to everyone when we get back home. It is sad to be somewhere else in our minds when the place and time that we are now at may be so beautiful.

One of the scientist here that studies this mind talk say's that these internal monolgues are a pain, and for me, they waste so much time. Right, I must get back to my piano now and stop chatting.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00t3zb4

Kaivey

> > > > >> > > > > I love all of the practical application ideas!!!! That is so what I need. I was wondering how some of you practice the mindfulness aspect. Do you set aside a time daily to meditate or what?? If so how long and how do you go about it exactly??? I see that the defusion is kinda ongoing but the mindfulness I don't really have a handle on.> > > > >> > > >> > >> > > > I personally have been meditating for 10 min in the morning and 10 mins at night. I've found that it certainly does help me to defuse my negative thoughts and (after a few minutes) does help me to slow down and "just be". > > > > When I meditate, I try to go into the experience with no expectations (is that an expectation in and of itself? and just acknowledge my thoughts as they arise. Typically for the first few minutes it feels like a blizzard of all sorts of random thoughts - mostly problem solving / unresolved issue type worrisome thoughts - but then it slows down and things become more peaceful. > > > > I've not been at it for long - couple weeks now - but I like what I'm seeing so far.> > > > Peace.> > > > - Savage> > > >>

[Guest guest]

I have had a very spotty track record meditating on my own. I have done much better in a little community--for me, my yoga studio, at an earlier time, the local quaker group (though I am not a quaker, they don't seem to mind). It just seems to help me to get instruction and to do it with others.best,kelly

G. 205 Peabody BuildingPsychology DepartmentUniversity of MississippiOxford, MS 38677ph: fax: academic homepage:www.olemiss.edu/working/kwilson/kwilson.htmalso check outwww.onelifellc.comwww.mindfulnessfortwo.comwww.facebook.com/kellygwilsonwww.tastybehaviorism.comwww.abnormalwootwoot.com

To me, in my wretched and tense body, meditaion sounds like a dream and I can't wait to be able to do it successfully myself oneday. Iknow it will turn my life around.If you click to the BBC Radio 4 link below and go to 26 minutes you will hear how a famous author stopped the pain in his hips with meditation. The whole program is about our thinking minds, and language, and how this can cause us problems.They say here how we may go on holiday and yet spend the whole time thinking, and rehearsing, in our minds what we our going to say to everyone when we get back home. It is sad to be somewhere else in our minds when the place and time that we are now at may be so beautiful.One of the scientist here that studies this mind talk say's that these internal monolgues are a pain, and for me, they waste so much time. Right, I must get back to my piano now and stop chatting.http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00t3zb4Kaivey--- In ACT_for_the_Public , wrote:>> My main practice is an hour to an hour and half of mindful yoga about 6 days a week at my lovely little local yoga center (much less when I am on the road).> > This yoga/mindfulness practice has been a real blessing for me. It is a great practice for dropping into the moment with awareness and openness. It was a little birthday present I gave myself last year about this time and has become a really sumptuous part of daily life for me.> > Also I do small instances of stopping, breathing,letting my shoulder blades slide down my back, noticing....often through the day--maybe a simple prayer "God make me like water."> > All seems to keep me headed in the right direction.> > peace> > > G. > 205 Peabody Building> Psychology Department> University of Mississippi> Oxford, MS 38677> > ph: > fax: > > academic homepage:> www.olemiss.edu/working/kwilson/kwilson.htm> > also check out> www.onelifellc.com> www.mindfulnessfortwo.com> www.facebook.com/kellygwilson> www.tastybehaviorism.com> www.abnormalwootwoot.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > I love all of the practical application ideas!!!! That is so what I need. I was wondering how some of you practice the mindfulness aspect. Do you set aside a time daily to meditate or what?? If so how long and how do you go about it exactly??? I see that the defusion is kinda ongoing but the mindfulness I don't really have a handle on.> > > > >> > > >> > >> > > > I personally have been meditating for 10 min in the morning and 10 mins at night. I've found that it certainly does help me to defuse my negative thoughts and (after a few minutes) does help me to slow down and "just be". > > > > When I meditate, I try to go into the experience with n

o expectations (is that an expectation in and of itself? and just acknowledge my thoughts as they arise. Typically for the first few minutes it feels like a blizzard of all sorts of random thoughts - mostly problem solving / unresolved issue type worrisome thoughts - but then it slows down and things become more peaceful. > > > > I've not been at it for long - couple weeks now - but I like what I'm seeing so far.> > > > Peace.> > > > - Savage> > > >>

[Guest guest]

All –

I pretty much “practice” ACT/mindfulness

where/whenever it occurs to me “in the moment” – while

driving, eating, watching TV, gnashing my teeth on line at the post office (an

especially good time!).

Would I progress faster if I were more

organized? Probably, but my personal organizer (mind), while good at making

plans, schedules, checklists and the like, isn’t much help when it comes

to carrying them out. “What?!” he says. “Do I need to tie

your shoelaces, too?”

I do better in a community setting, like

, but I seem to have a lot of native inertia to overcome. It took my ACT

mentor months to get me to a weekend experiential (which I couldn’t get

enough of once I got there). Now he’s nudging me toward a 10-day

meditation retreat. Wow, is he patient! But while we chip away at my inertia

around that, there are “moments” aplenty to practice as above….

Best regards to all and thanks for an

especially great list this last couple of weeks…

Tom Hardy

From: ACT_for_the_Public [mailto:ACT_for_the_Public ] On Behalf Of

Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010

11:28 AM

To: ACT_for_the_Public

Subject: Re:

Re: continuing Savage's thread

I have

had a very spotty track record meditating on my own. I have done much better in

a little community--for me, my yoga studio, at an earlier time, the local

quaker group (though I am not a quaker, they don't seem to mind). It just seems

to help me to get instruction and to do it with others.

best,

kelly

G.

205 Peabody

Building

Psychology Department

University of Mississippi

Oxford, MS

38677

ph:

fax:

academic

homepage:

www.olemiss.edu/working/kwilson/kwilson.htm

also check out

www.onelifellc.com

www.mindfulnessfortwo.com

www.facebook.com/kellygwilson

www.tastybehaviorism.com

www.abnormalwootwoot.com

To me, in my wretched and tense body, meditaion sounds

like a dream and I can't wait to be able to do it successfully myself oneday.

Iknow it will turn my life around.

If you click to the BBC Radio 4 link below and go to

26 minutes you will hear how a famous author stopped the pain in his hips with

meditation. The whole program is about our thinking minds, and language, and

how this can cause us problems.

They say here how we may go on holiday and yet spend

the whole time thinking, and rehearsing, in our minds what we our going to say

to everyone when we get back home. It is sad to be somewhere else

in our minds when the place and time that we are now at may be

so beautiful.

One of the scientist here that studies this

mind talk say's that these internal monolgues are a pain, and

for me, they waste so much time. Right,

I must get back to my piano now and stop chatting.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00t3zb4

Kaivey

> > > > >

> > > > > I love all of the practical application ideas!!!! That

is so what I need. I was wondering how some of you practice the mindfulness

aspect. Do you set aside a time daily to meditate or what?? If so how long and

how do you go about it exactly??? I see that the defusion is kinda ongoing but

the mindfulness I don't really have a handle on.

> > > > >

> > > >

> > >

> >

> > I personally have been meditating for 10 min in the morning and 10

mins at night. I've found that it certainly does help me to defuse my negative

thoughts and (after a few minutes) does help me to slow down and " just

be " .

> >

> > When I meditate, I try to go into the experience with n o

expectations (is that an expectation in and of itself? and just acknowledge

my thoughts as they arise. Typically for the first few minutes it feels like a

blizzard of all sorts of random thoughts - mostly problem solving / unresolved

issue type worrisome thoughts - but then it slows down and things become more

peaceful.

> >

> > I've not been at it for long - couple weeks now - but I like what I'm

seeing so far.

> >

> > Peace.

> >

> > - Savage

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I used to go to the Quakers in the UK for many years, and they were very liberal

and easy going. A few considred themselves Buddhist, but they were nothing like

the Buddhists at my local Buddhist centre being much more laid back and less

stern. The building I went to was like an old school and it took me back in time

and so I felt really safe there. I think that is one of the reasons I kept

going.

Some were universalist and some were Christian, and most were something

inbetween. I had no idea what I was, just spiritual I think.

I got seriously into it for a while, but I met a lovely girl and we would go to

a Sunday afternoon teadance and so I drifted away from Quakerism. I always sort

of had plans to go back one day. They would let me practice my very laid back

Buddhism there, or whatever it is I'm trying to do. The Quakers were keen on

mindfulness.

I have real fond memories of them.

Kaivey

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> > > > > > > I love all of the practical application ideas!!!! That is so what

I need. I was wondering how some of you practice the mindfulness aspect. Do you

set aside a time daily to meditate or what?? If so how long and how do you go

about it exactly??? I see that the defusion is kinda ongoing but the mindfulness

I don't really have a handle on.

> > > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > >

> > > >

> > > > I personally have been meditating for 10 min in the morning and 10 mins

at night. I've found that it certainly does help me to defuse my negative

thoughts and (after a few minutes) does help me to slow down and " just be " .

> > > >

> > > > When I meditate, I try to go into the experience with n o expectations

(is that an expectation in and of itself? and just acknowledge my thoughts as

they arise. Typically for the first few minutes it feels like a blizzard of all

sorts of random thoughts - mostly problem solving / unresolved issue type

worrisome thoughts - but then it slows down and things become more peaceful.

> > > >

> > > > I've not been at it for long - couple weeks now - but I like what I'm

seeing so far.

> > > >

> > > > Peace.

> > > >

> > > > - Savage

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