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MINDFULNESS - DRAFT
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“The mind is a powerful place and what you feed it can affect you in a powerful way." - NF
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WHAT IS MINDFULNESS?
Mindfulness is an exercise in being present in the moment while acknowledging and observing thoughts, feelings, and sensations. It is often used a therapeutic tool.
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WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF MINDFULNESS?
The benefits of mindfulness are limitless; It is proven to calm anxiety, manifest change, process grief and trauma, reverse suicidal thoughts, and more.
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HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO BE MINDFUL?
It is free to be mindful.
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MINDFULNESS PRACTICES
Guided meditation - The SHINE app
Daily reflection and insight - www.tut.com
Visualized Meditations from ComeSoFar.org
Gratitude - more info coming soon.
Journaling and writing - more info coming soon
Self expression and art - more info coming soon
Movement and yoga - more info coming soon
Nature walks - more info coming soon
Stuffed animal therapy - more info coming soon
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WHERE CAN I LEARN MORE?
BayCare Behavioral Health Chat Team webinars
Gratitude - coming soon
Mindful.org has a free Meditation for Beginners email series "to provide backup during your entry into the world of mindfulness" and "how to make meditation part of your daily life through simple practices that are easy to fit into even the busiest of days."
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NOTES
Mindfulness isn’t brain surgery, but practice and guidance can help make it easier to bring into practice every day.
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