Mindfulness

Mindfulness might best be described as a 'way of being' rather than a technique, but in psychological terms it can be taught as a technique to increase insight and alter our relationship with our thoughts.

 

Free resources

Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) Word Document Download from Rochester.edu (0.1MB) | Link to MAAS page at Rochester.edu

Mindfulness Instructions - Instructions for teaching mindfulness PDF Download from Mindfulness.org.au PDF (0.1MB)

Urge Surfing - Instructions for teaching clients how to 'urge surf' PDF Download from Mindfulness.org.au PDF (0.1MB)

'Just worrying' - Instructions for teaching the 'just worrying' thought labelling technique PDF Download from Mindfulness.org.au PDF (0.1MB)

Mindfulness handout PDF Download from getselfhelp.co.uk

 

 

General Links

Bangor Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice

MBCT.co.uk

Mindfulness.org.au - Useful site on Mindfulness run by Dr Chris Walsh

 

Research papers

Download papers from Segal, Williams & Teasdale at MBCT.com

PDF Baer, Ruth A. (2003) Mindfulness training as a clinical intervention: A conceptual and empirical review. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 10(2), 125-143.

PDF Buchheld N, Grossman P, Walach H (2001)Measuring mindfulness in insight meditation (vipassana) and meditation-based psychotherapy: The development of the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI).Journal for Meditation and Meditation Research, 1: 11-34.