Mindfulness & Grief: Coping Skills For Life After Loss

Coping WithLife After Loss

Heather Stang, MAAssociation of Death Education & Counseling2016 Annual ConferenceMinneapolis, MN

Let’s GetFOCUSEDBreathing In, I Know That I Am Breathing In.

Breathing Out, I Know That I Am Breathing Out.

“The awareness that emerges through

paying attention on purpose,

in the present moment, and

non-judgmentally to the

unfolding of experience moment to moment.”

Jon Kabat-Zinn (2003)

EQUANIMITY.

1 s t FoundationOf Mindfulness

BodyBreath Awareness

Body ScanSensory AwarenessYoga / Yoga Therapy

2n d FoundationOf Mindfulness

FeelingsThree Feeling Tones

Awareness of “Add-Ons”Meditative Inquiry

“Working with emotions during our meditation sessions sharpens our ability to recognize a feeling just as it begins,

not fifteen consequential actions later.”

Sharon Salzberg (2003)

3 r d FoundationOf Mindfulness

MindLens of Perception

Preference & PrejudiceNon-identification

Mind Full or Mindful?

4 t h FoundationOf Mindfulness

MentalObjectsDescriptive & PrescriptiveLiberation From Suffering

5Mental

HindrancesSensual Desire or Greed

Ill-will & Aversion Sloth & Torpor

Restlessness, Anxiety & Worry Skeptical Doubt

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R e c o g n i z e

a l l o w

i n v e s t i g a t e

N on-identification

CompassionMay You Be Free From Suffering,

As I Wish To Be Free From Suffering.

Contact HeatherEmail:

heatherstangma@gmail.comSpeaking: heatherstang.com

Grief: mindfulnessandgrief.com

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