Mindfulness on the Go:
A strategy for engaging school employees in mindfulness wherever they work
Suzanne Bigelow www.suzannebigelow.com Oregon School Employee Wellness Conference Mar 27, 2018 Elana Emlen eemlen@mesd.k12.or.us
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Mindfulness on the Go: A strategy for engaging school employees in mindfulness wherever they work Oregon School Employee Wellness Conference Mar 27, 2018 Elana Emlen Suzanne Bigelow eemlen@mesd.k12.or.us www.suzannebigelow.com Mindfulness
Mindfulness on the Go:
A strategy for engaging school employees in mindfulness wherever they work
Suzanne Bigelow www.suzannebigelow.com Oregon School Employee Wellness Conference Mar 27, 2018 Elana Emlen eemlen@mesd.k12.or.us
Mindfulness on the Go: MESD
Background Challenges Solutions
The Mindful Pause
Felt Sense Experience of Present Moment Awareness
The Power of the Pause
Kinesthetic Learning Short Burst Repetition
Body Heart Mind
Dynamic Interdependent System
High Efficiency Survival Engineering
Triune Brain
PROJECTION / WORRY RUMINATION/ REGRET
Default Mode Network
Killingsworth MA, Gilbert DT. A Wandering Mind Is an Unhappy Mind. Science 12 November 2010: Vol. 330. no. 6006, p. 932 DOI: 10.1126/science.1192439
Mind Wandering Happiness
Complexity Pace Expecation
Stress
Front Line Duty
P
Diaphragmatic Breath
Physiological Reset
Diaphragmatic Breath Vagus Nerve
Brain Break
Cognitive Focus Physiological Reset
Neural Plasticity
Short Burst Repetition
Pause and Reset
SELF CARE
SELFISH
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Pauseworthy Moments
Transition Ritual Existing Routine
What’s Your Experience?
Mind Heart Body
Mindset
How you Think You Feel MATTERS
Pause and Appreciate
Offset: Negativity Bias
Self Directed Neural Plasticity
Building a New Habit
“On the Go” Practice
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Mindfulness on the Go:
A strategy for engaging school employees in mindfulness wherever they work
Suzanne Bigelow www.suzannebigelow.com Oregon School Employee Wellness Conference Mar 27, 2018 Elana Emlen eemlen@mesd.k12.or.us
Suzanne Bigelow www.suzannebigelow.com Elana Emlen eemlen@mesd.k12.or.us