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 on the Go: MESD Background Challenges Solutions
The Mindful Pause • Information P • Skills Practice • Resources
P
The Power of the Pause Felt Sense Experience of Present Moment Awareness
Kinesthetic Learning Short Burst Repetition
Dynamic Interdependent System Mind Body Heart
High Efficiency Survival Engineering
Triune Brain
Default Mode Network PROJECTION / WORRY RUMINATION/ REGRET
46.9% of the time Mind Wandering Happiness 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
Complexity Pace Expecation Front Line Duty Stress
P R U Breathing?
Diaphragmatic Breath P
Physiological Reset Diaphragmatic Breath Vagus Nerve
Brain Break Cognitive Focus Physiological Reset
Neural Plasticity Short Burst Repetition
Pause and Reset P
is not SELFISH SELF CARE
Transition Ritual Existing Routine Pauseworthy Moments
What’s Your Experience?
Mind Heart Body
Mindset How you Think You Feel MATTERS
Offset: Negativity Bias P Pause and Appreciate
Self Directed Neural Plasticity
Building a New Habit P “On the Go” Practice
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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
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