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MINDFULNESS WORKS

Mindfulness & Meditation Training

  • About
    • About Mindfulness Works
    • Meet the Trainers
    • Reviews and Feedback
    • The Benefits of Mindfulness
    • FAQ
    • Free Mindfulness Apps
    • Become a trainer with Mindfulness Works
  • The Benefits of Mindfulness
  • North Island Courses
    • Auckland – Central, North Shore, East, West
    • Hamilton
    • Hawkes Bay
    • Hibiscus Coast – Orewa
    • Masterton and Greytown
    • New Plymouth
    • Palmerston North
    • Porirua and Kapiti
    • Rotorua
    • Tauranga
    • Waiheke
    • Wellington and Hutt Valley
    • Whakatane
    • Whanganui
    • Whangarei
  • South Island Courses
    • Christchurch
    • Dunedin
    • Invercargill
    • Nelson
    • Rangiora
  • Online Learning
    • Online Intro to Mindfulness Course
    • Mindfulness 2.0
    • Mindful Eating Basics Online Workshop
    • Mindfulness and relationships workshop
    • One on one mindfulness training and coaching online
  • Follow Up Courses
    • Official follow-up courses and workshops
    • Mindfulness 2.0 (online)
    • Mindful Eating Basics Workshop
    • Other follow up courses, workshops & retreats
    • International Retreats and Workshops
  • Workplace Mindfulness Training
  • Contact

Evidence

Mindfulness helps against anxiety and depression

February 9, 2013 by admin

“Young adults with social phobia and anxiety, people with recurrent depression and cancer patients all benefit significantly from following an eight-week programme with mindfulness.

This is the conclusion of three Danish studies, which have been published in major clinical psychology journals and which have now been gathered in a PhD thesis.” Read full article…

 

 

Mindfulness involves bringing one’s complete attention to the present experience on a moment-to-moment basis. When you are being mindful, you’re conscious of the flow of thoughts, impressions, feelings and impulses in the present moment with a friendly and accommodating approach. (Photo: Colourbox)

Filed Under: Beginners, Benefits of Mindulness & Meditation, Evidence, Meditation & Depression, MIndfulness & Depression, MIndfulness & Mental Health

Mindfulness an antidote to work ADD

February 7, 2013 by admin

Article on how mindfulness in the workplace improves people’s focus, capacity for rapport and connection by Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence.  Includes some links to mindfulness techniques.

 

 

“Some consultants tell me that the number one problem in the workplace today is attention. People are distracted. They’re in a state of what’s called “continuous partial attention” where even at meetings, your body is there but your mind is somewhere else. You have countless gadgets constantly sending you information: texts, phone calls, emails, and reminders. All buzzing and dinging for your attention.

People not being fully present is a big problem because the most effective interactions occur when two people are mutually present to each other. That’s when rapport happens. That’s when chemistry happens. That’s when you’re going to have the most powerful communication and mutual understanding. If your attention is over there, it means you’re not over here with the person you’re with.” Read full article.

Filed Under: Benefits of Meditation, Benefits of Mindulness & Meditation, Evidence, Mindful Leadership, Mindfulness & Business Tagged With: Daniel Goleman, mindful leadership, MIndfulness and business, mindfulness at work

Mindfulness helps small business owners find the ‘off’ switch.

January 21, 2013 by admin

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Dr Craig Hassed Photo: Brendan Read

Love this quote from article in the Sydney Morning Herald in Nov 2011:

“To enjoy our life we have to pay attention to it…We need to foster sustainable performance to use our energy, time and resources in a more mindful and focused way rather than wasting them in stress. We need to be more self-determined in getting on with what we need to get on with at the right time. Mindfulness helps us enjoy our life more, to find more meaning in our life and to help protect us from stress, anxiety and depression,” Dr Hassed says.

One of the most difficult things for a small business owner is to stop thinking about the business, but this kind of stress causes wear and tear on the body and mind, and reduces effectiveness in work and in life. The good news is that training in mindfulness can help you find the ‘off’ switch.

Speaking at the Mind & Its Potential conference earlier this month, Monash University’s Craig Hassed says we can not stop our minds, but mindfulness teaches us to have the skill of whether or not we will engage with our thoughts.

“You can switch off a machine, you can switch off an email, you can leave the office and go on a holiday – but it’s really about whether the mind has left work and switched off. Very often we’re preoccupied. It’s really not where we physically are, it’s where we mentally are that matters,” says Dr Hassed, an award-winning medical researcher from Monash’s department of general practice, and author of The Essence of Health: The Seven Pillars of Wellbeing.

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Filed Under: Evidence, Mindful Leadership, Mindfulness & Business, The Science Behind Mindfulness

Mindfulness meditation assists breast cancer patients with pain and general well-being

July 22, 2012 by admin

Great article in The Daily Telegraph (UK)  highlighting various studies of mindfulness meditation, it’s benefits and growth in the mainstream corporate world as well as in Oncology.

“Earlier this year, Dr. Hoffman’s study was published online by the Journal of Oncology and the results show, for the first time, that the use of Mindfulness offers a “statistically significant improvement in physical and emotional wellbeing”.”

More from the article:

“Mindfulness has been in the news – from The Today Programme’s “Thought for the Day” to a BBC Breakfast’s item on how Mindfulness has helped a woman patient deal with the pain from lupus. She said: “It doesn’t take away the pain but it puts it in its place – down a notch or two”. Brain scans showed obvious changes when she used the technique and it has been clinically proven to thicken the brain’s grey matter and change the brain’s euro pathways – thus increasing cognitive ability, concentration, emotional resilience and enhancing awareness.”

“Companies like Apple and Google have been offering classes in Mindfulness to their employees for years and, astonishingly (to me, at least) Transport for London’s tube drivers have found enormous help from the technique. Turning up for a two hour session once a week for six weeks at the end of their shift. Tfl pays for this, and you can see why: stress-related absenteeism has dropped by 70 percent.”

“Next will come the nurses. Mindfulness at Work has just received accreditation from the Royal College of Nursing – which means that nurses, osteopaths and any other health professionals under the RCN can sign up for a 45 minute session each week for four weeks, which will count towards their Continual Professional Development hours.”

 

Filed Under: Benefits of Mindulness & Meditation, Evidence, The Science Behind Mindfulness

Study shows that meditation reduces effects of anxiety and mild depression.

July 14, 2012 by admin

Psychology Today reports on a study by neuroscientists which shows that meditation alters brain activity in a positive way.

“The brain waves of meditators show why they’re healthier. Neuroscientists have found that meditators shift their     brain activity to different areas of the cortex—brain waves in the stress-prone right frontal cortex move to the calmer left frontal cortex. In other words, they were calmer and happier than before. ”

 

 

“Maybe meditation isn’t so mysterious after all. Neuroscientists have found that meditators shift their brain activity to different areas of the cortex – brain waves in the stress-prone right frontal cortex move to the calmer left frontal cortex. This mental shift decreases the negative effects of stress, mild depression and anxiety. There is also less activity in the amygdala, where the brain processes fear.

Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, recorded the brain waves of stressed-out employees of a high-tech firm in Madison, Wisconsin. The subjects were split randomly into two groups, 25 people were asked to learn meditation over eight weeks, and the remaining 16 were left alone as a control group.

All participants had their brain waves scanned three times during the study: at the beginning of the experiment, when meditation lessons were completed eight weeks later and four months after that. The researchers found that the meditators showed a pronounced shift in activity to the left frontal lobe. In other words, they were calmer and happier than before. The study will be published in the next issue of Psychosomatic Medicine.” Article from Psychology Today

Filed Under: Benefits of Mindulness & Meditation, Evidence, Meditation & Depression, MIndfulness & Depression, MIndfulness & Mental Health, The Science Behind Mindfulness Tagged With: anxiety, benefits of meditation, depression, happiness

Mindfulness Meditation Improves Focus at Work

July 12, 2012 by admin

Mindfulness meditation helps improve focus at work, reduces stress and increases concentration new study finds. Who would’ve guessed?  Reported in USA Today by Darren Calabrese .

Entrepreneur Wendy Woods, meditating next to her BlackBerry, says it helps her be more creative.
“Entrepreneur Wendy Woods, meditating next to her BlackBerry, says it helps her be more creative.”

“All sorts of gizmos and gadgets can help you be more productive at work, and theories abound on how you should structure your days to get more done.  But a new study finds that becoming more focused, productive and less stressed at work may involve nothing more than learning to meditate.  David Levy, a computer scientist and professor with the Information School at the University of Washington, found that those who had meditation training were able to stay on task longer and were less distracted. Levy and his co-authors discovered that meditation also improved test subjects’ memory while easing their stress.”  Read full article

Filed Under: Benefits of Mindulness & Meditation, Evidence, Mindful Leadership, Mindfulness & Business, The Science Behind Mindfulness Tagged With: Mindfulness meditation, reduce stress

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MINDFULNESS WORKS IS NEW ZEALAND’S LARGEST MINDFULNESS TRAINING ORGANISATION. WE OFFER PRACTICAL. NON-RELIGIOUS AND ACCESSIBLE MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION COURSES THROUGHOUT NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA. EVERY MONTH OVER 500 PEOPLE TAKE THE MINDFULNESS WORKS EXCLUSIVE INTRODUCTION TO MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION 4 WEEK COURSE.

The Mindfulness Works vision is…

“To significantly improve the mental health and well-being of all and to foster self-acceptance and self-love in all.”

  • Experience less stressand anxiety

  • Improve sleeping patterns

  • Feel more self-acceptance and self-love

  • Reduce reactivity and increase emotional intelligence

  • Experience more joy

Mindfulness for anyone who would like it!

Mindfulness and meditation are both wonderful and effective practices with a wide range of benefits. The purpose of Mindfulness Works is to provide mindfulness and meditation training to anyone who would like it and make the instructions and practice as accessible as possible.

Experienced Mindfulness trainers

Mindfulness Works has experienced mindfulness trainers. All of them have also been vetted and trained by Mindfulness Works. Meet the trainers and find out more here.

Principles of Mindfulness Works mindfulness and meditation training

  • All mindfulness and meditation instructions and training are non-religious.
  • Emphasis is placed on trusting your own experience and all teachings are grounded in your own experience.
  • The most important teacher is yourself.
  • Training environments are kept safe.
  • Anyone is free to ask questions at any time.
  • Mindfulness and meditation are restorative practices more than remedial (they restore us to our natural feelings of okness and ease rather than ‘fix’ something that is wrong).
  • All formal teachers and facilitators have regular mindfulness and meditation practices.
  • Mindfulness must be actually practised to be useful (rather than just talked about).
  • All courses and retreats come with a money-back guarantee.

Keeping it real

If mindfulness and meditative practices have any value, it must be in our actual real life experience. Therefore, a strong emphasis in all Mindfulness Works courses and retreats is placed on your own experience. By relating the principles and practices back to your every-day interactions, relationships and life situations, it means that you get to actually ‘road test’ it. You can then start to become your own teacher more and more as you deepen in your understanding of how mindfulness works.  If there is ever a conflict between the formal teacher’s sharing and your own experience, the encouragement is to trust your own experience.

Providing extraordinary value

Mindfulness courses should not be prohibitive in terms of cost. They shoudl also give you as many resources as possible to encourage you in your mindfulness learning, experience and practice. Mindfulness Works is here to provide extraordinary value in our mindfulness courses.

  • Keeping the cost low.  You pay only $135 for a full Mindfulness Works introductory 4 week course.
  • You get a 45-page guidebook. You get an exclusive 45 page guidebook on mindfulness and meditation to keep
  • Downloadable/Streamable Mindfulness Meditations. You get free access to a variety of guided mindfulness meditations for you to keep for life.
  • No risk money back guarantee. We are committed to you receiving benefit form this course. If you attend all 4 classes of the course and feel you have not benefited, you are entitled to a full refund of your course fee. Plus you get to keep all your course materials.
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Founder

photo-karlMindfulness Works was founded by Karl Baker. Karl has been practising mindfulness and meditation for over 16 years.  He received one-on-one mindfulness and meditation instruction for a number of years from mindfulness and meditation teacher, Jeremy Logan. He has attended many silent multi-day mindfulness meditation retreats with his teachers Stephen Archer, Jeremy Logan and Sharda Rogell. Karl’s other teachers have includedYanchiji and Arohananda Ma from Tushita Hermitage in New Zealand. Karl is a current student of Doshin Kusan Roshi from Forest Way Zenon the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.

Karl has a first class honours BA degree from Victoria University. He is a creative and innovative entrepeneur having founded three successful businesses. Karl lives on the Sunshine Coast in Australia, is in a long-term relationship with Claro and has two cats, Nico and Shanti. Karl has a sweet tooth, a sweet personality and likes craft beer.

FIND OUT MORE:

  • About
    • About Mindfulness Works
    • Meet the Trainers
    • Reviews and Feedback
    • The Benefits of Mindfulness
    • FAQ
    • Free Mindfulness Apps
    • Become a trainer with Mindfulness Works
  • The Benefits of Mindfulness
  • North Island Courses
    • Auckland – Central, North Shore, East, West
    • Hamilton
    • Hawkes Bay
    • Hibiscus Coast – Orewa
    • Masterton and Greytown
    • New Plymouth
    • Palmerston North
    • Porirua and Kapiti
    • Rotorua
    • Tauranga
    • Waiheke
    • Wellington and Hutt Valley
    • Whakatane
    • Whanganui
    • Whangarei
  • South Island Courses
    • Christchurch
    • Dunedin
    • Invercargill
    • Nelson
    • Rangiora
  • Online Learning
    • Online Intro to Mindfulness Course
    • Mindfulness 2.0
    • Mindful Eating Basics Online Workshop
    • Mindfulness and relationships workshop
    • One on one mindfulness training and coaching online
  • Follow Up Courses
    • Official follow-up courses and workshops
    • Mindfulness 2.0 (online)
    • Mindful Eating Basics Workshop
    • Other follow up courses, workshops & retreats
    • International Retreats and Workshops
  • Workplace Mindfulness Training
  • Contact
  • About
    • About Mindfulness Works
    • Meet the Trainers
    • Reviews and Feedback
    • The Benefits of Mindfulness
    • FAQ
    • Free Mindfulness Apps
    • Become a trainer with Mindfulness Works
  • The Benefits of Mindfulness
  • North Island Courses
    • Auckland – Central, North Shore, East, West
    • Hamilton
    • Hawkes Bay
    • Hibiscus Coast – Orewa
    • Masterton and Greytown
    • New Plymouth
    • Palmerston North
    • Porirua and Kapiti
    • Rotorua
    • Tauranga
    • Waiheke
    • Wellington and Hutt Valley
    • Whakatane
    • Whanganui
    • Whangarei
  • South Island Courses
    • Christchurch
    • Dunedin
    • Invercargill
    • Nelson
    • Rangiora
  • Online Learning
    • Online Intro to Mindfulness Course
    • Mindfulness 2.0
    • Mindful Eating Basics Online Workshop
    • Mindfulness and relationships workshop
    • One on one mindfulness training and coaching online
  • Follow Up Courses
    • Official follow-up courses and workshops
    • Mindfulness 2.0 (online)
    • Mindful Eating Basics Workshop
    • Other follow up courses, workshops & retreats
    • International Retreats and Workshops
  • Workplace Mindfulness Training
  • Contact

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