What
WHAT IS MIND
01
Attention
Guided meditation strengthens attention and awareness.
This involves choosing an object of attention and strengthening our ability to focus on it.
In our practice, we choose to focus on the breath.
The mind is a muscle.
To strengthen our bodies, we exercise. To strengthen our minds, we meditate.
As we meditate, the mind wanders. By gently guiding our attention back to the breath, we strengthen the muscle of attention – like how adding and releasing tension builds muscles in weight training.
02
Focus
03
Compassion
We teach/foster compassion.
MIND guided meditation integrates/weaves compassion and empathy throughout the practice. By encouraging participants to observe their thoughts without judgement, they learn to accept both themselves and others and to approach situations with kindness.
Increased compassion means more collaborative teams, better work outcomes and happier employees.
We help participants achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm state.
04
Calm
What
WHAT IS MIND
01
Attention
Guided meditation strengthens attention and awareness.
This involves choosing an object of attention and strengthening our ability to focus on it.
In our practice, we choose to focus on the breath.
The mind is a muscle.
To strengthen our bodies, we exercise. To strengthen our minds, we meditate.
As we meditate, the mind wanders. By gently guiding our attention back to the breath, we strengthen the muscle of attention – like how adding and releasing tension builds muscles in weight training.
02
Focus
03
Compassion
We teach/foster compassion.
MIND guided meditation integrates/weaves compassion and empathy throughout the practice. By encouraging participants to observe their thoughts without judgement, they learn to accept both themselves and others and to approach situations with kindness.
Increased compassion means more collaborative teams, better work outcomes and happier employees.
We help participants achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm state.
04
Calm
How
HOW MIND WORKS
To understand the benefits of meditation, we must first understand how our minds and memories work.
Throughout the day, we receive millions of new stimuli. These are observed and recorded by our short term (or working) memory.
During periods of limited stimulation, most notably during sleep but also during meditation, habitual exercise, or prayer, these memories are transferred from short term to long term memory.
Now, when we access long term memory, it is not like going into a filing cabinet — pulling out one memory or another. Rather, we create complex associations with each experience and sensory stimuli.
For example, when looking at a traffic cone, we access our long term memory and are able to create associations with other orange items – a pumpkin, an orange, a life vest, etc. – despite each having very different use cases.
This network of long term memory is called a scheme. It is what allows us to have those deep, often creative or complex, thoughts — and experience those “Ahha!” moments.
However, if our working memory is constantly stimulated, such as by the incessant alerts of our devices, we do not allow time and space for those short term memories to move to long term memories.
We remain in a constant state of stimulating our working (or short term) memories, we only allow for surface thoughts
— preventing deep thought.
MIND trains focus - empowering us to remove distraction and allow for deep thought.
How
HOW MIND WORKS
To understand the benefits of meditation, we must first understand how our minds and memories work.
Throughout the day, we receive millions of new stimuli. These are observed and recorded by our short term (or working) memory.
During periods of limited stimulation, most notably during sleep but also during meditation, habitual exercise, or prayer, these memories are transferred from short term to long term memory.
Now, when we access long term memory, it is not like going into a filing cabinet — pulling out one memory or another. Rather, we create complex associations with each experience and sensory stimuli.
For example, when looking at a traffic cone, we access our long term memory and are able to create associations with other orange items – a pumpkin, an orange, a life vest, etc. – despite each having very different use cases.
This network of long term memory is called a scheme. It is what allows us to have those deep, often creative or complex, thoughts — and experience those “Ahha!” moments.
However, if our working memory is constantly stimulated, such as by the incessant alerts of our devices, we do not allow time and space for those short term memories to move to long term memories.
We remain in a constant state of stimulating our working (or short term) memories, we only allow for surface thoughts
— preventing deep thought.
MIND trains focus - empowering us to remove distraction and allow for deep thought.
36%
decrease in stress levels (Duke University)
43%
reduction in the use of health services (Massachusetts General Hospital)
62
minutes of productivity gained per employee per week (Aetna)
$3,000
11 to 1
generated in productivity gains alone per employee, resulting in a return on investment of
(Aetna)
The Power of Meditation
$6.3
million going straight to the company’s bottom line, partly attributed to mindfulness training (Aetna)
22%
wider range of ideas generated - resulting in more innovative outcomes (Erasmus University, Netherlands)
Meditation to feel amazing.
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A modern, secular, research based meditation practice
We lead employees through in-office meditation, structured on the principles of education and practice.
We educate participants on the mechanisms behind meditation, as well as share research on it's astounding effects and benefits. This understanding, coupled with clear instruction during the practice itself, results in a profound personal practice — allowing participants to reach their fullest potential both in and out of the workplace.
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Education
We educate participants on the existing and emerging research surrounding meditation, providing insight into the concrete effects on the brain and body.
Practice
In-person guidance provides the personalized attention necessary in developing a strong practice. This enables participants to institute best-in-class techniques and address misconceptions.
About Meditation
To understand the benefits of meditation, we must first understand how our minds and memories work.
Throughout the day, we receive millions of new stimuli. These are observed and recorded by our short term (or working) memory.
During periods of limited stimulation, most notably during sleep but also during meditation, habitual exercise, or prayer, these memories are transferred from short term to long term memory.
Now, when we access long term memory, it is not like going into a filing cabinet — pulling out one memory or another. Rather, we create complex associations with each experience and sensory stimuli.
For example, when looking at a traffic cone, we access our long term memory and are able to create associations with other orange items – a pumpkin, an orange, a life vest, etc. – despite each having very different use cases.
This network of long term memory is called a schema. It is what allows us to have those deep, often creative or complex, thoughts — and experience those “Ahha!” moments.
However, if our working memory is constantly stimulated, such as by the incessant alerts of our devices, we do not allow time and space for those short term memories to move to long term memories.
We remain in a constant state of stimulating our short term (or working) memory, we only allow for surface thoughts — preventing deep thought.
Mind Guided Meditation trains focus; empowering participants to remove distraction and welcome deep thought.
Want to learn more?
Check out these impressive studies
When science meets mindfulness
NIH (National Institutes of Health)
Effects of Mindfulness on Psychological Health: A Review of Empirical Studies
NIH (National Institutes of Health)
August 2011
Meditation affects brain networks differently in long-term meditators and novices
University of Wisconsin-Madison
July 2018
Meditation produces positive changes in the brain
University of Wisconsin-Madison
February 2003
Meditation for Anxiety and Depression
December 2017
Study reveals gene expression changes with meditation
University of Wisconsin-Madison
December 2013
Brain scans show meditation changes minds, increases attention
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