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  • 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

Mindful Leadership

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.

Read more:

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

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

Silicon Valley Wises Up

February 11, 2012 by admin

Silicon Valley Wises Up

This is brilliant and inspiring!  Two high profile business oriented events focusing on mindfulness, meditation, compassion and spirituality in business are making waves in the States.

One of my passions and areas of interest is the cross over between spirituality and business. Too often these are (artificially) seen as two separate and distinct realms.  Now the illusory divide is collapsing, which is great to see.

The Wisdom 2.0 are Being Human conferences are mixing business and ancient holistic wisdom including meditation and mindfulness. They are attracting major players in the Tech industry including Google, Twitter and Cisco and are highly popular and expected to sell out.

Talks include “Ancient Wisdom and Modern Life” given by eBay Inc. founder and philanthropist Pierre Omidyar, and “Wisdom-based Practice and Leadership” with Cisco Chief Technology Officer.  Awakened teacher and author  Eckhart Tolle is a key note speaker at Wisdom 2.0.

What was once considered fringey is rapidly becoming mainstream. The innovative early adopters are well and truly embracing these new approaches to business.  So much so that I found out about these events in article in the Wall Street Journal!

Expect what is happening over there to reach our shores too.  Read a short article about what is happening here.

 

Filed Under: Benefits of Mindulness & Meditation, Evidence, Inspiration, Mindful Leadership, Mindfulness & Business Tagged With: Being Human, Wisdom 2.0

Stanford University Happiness Course Uses Meditation

December 3, 2011 by admin

Read a San Francisco Chronicle article on a highly popular Stanford University course on happiness.

The course was set up in response to 4 student suicides at the university in 2006.  The course includes discussing research on what leads to happiness and what does not.

Their definition of happiness…?

Fred Luskin, instructor of the Stanford happiness class, said that the simplest definition of happiness is “wanting what you have.” Conversely, the simplest definition of stress is “wanting something to be different.”

The course includes also involve trialling practical strategies to increase happiness sand personal well being such as keeping a daily gratitude journal.  The course also includes a basic meditation practice.  It is proving extremely popular with Autumn class already being full.

From the article:

One important message the instructors hope to convey is that racking up accomplishments won’t necessarily lead to fulfillment.

“Achieving the most for yourself doesn’t lead to the kind of happiness you think it will,” Luskin told a student who questioned how she could reconcile her desire for a balanced life with the expectations that, at Stanford, you need to be “the best.”

He added that people who are in the best position for happiness are the ones who have strong relationships, and “interconnected webs” of people on whom they can depend for fun and support.

Read more…

 

 

Filed Under: Benefits of Mindulness & Meditation, Evidence, Mindful Leadership, MIndfulness & Depression, MIndfulness & Mental Health, The Science Behind Mindfulness

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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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