SESSION THREE

Mindfulness in Daily Life

Mindfulness in Daily Life

‘Practising at Home’ Review

• How did it go? What did you notice?

• What obstacles, external and internal, got in the way?

• What helped?

Meditation 2: The Body Scan

a routine activity at school

Tune in to Enjoyable Moments

Read Chapter 6 – Keeping the Body in Mind

The hot-cross bun approach Thoughts

BodySensations

FeelingsActions/Urges

Taking a Breathing Space ACKNOWLEDGING

whatever is present (mood, thoughts, body sensations, impulses)

1

GATHERING AND FOCUSING on the breath

2

EXPANDING attention to include the whole body

3

Practising at HomeEight minutes of Mindful Movement meditation (Track 3) followed by…Eight minutes of Breath & Body Meditation (Track 4)A three minute breathing space twice a day (Track 8)Corridor/commuting mindful walking

Read chapter 7 – The Mouse in the Maze