CAHMI MINDFULNESS & MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH STARTING PACKET OF MATERIALS Last Updated: July, 2012 For more information, to make a request for practice and learning support or to get books, audio Books, CD’s, and other resources, please contact mindfulmedicine@ohsu.edu or Christina Bethell at bethellc@ohsu.edu Section 1: Getting Started Resources from AMCHP PULSE Newsletter Section 2: Mindfulness Overview Materials 1. A Short Selection of Mindfulness Poems and Sayings 2. NIH January 2012 Mindfulness Matters Newsletter 3. Coping With Stress/Neurobiology of Stress Diagram of the Body 4. 5 Factor Mindfulness Self Assessment Questionnaire 5. Mindfulness Meditation Primer Section 3: Science and Logic of Mindfulness 1. How Does Mindfulness Meditation Work: Neuroscience of mindfulness (Holzel, et al 2011) 2. The Practice of Self Management: The Drucker Difference Book Chapter (Hunter) 3. Mindfulness Meditation Primer for Doctors (Young, Feb 2012) Section 4: Mindfulness MicroPractices 1. MicroPractice Personal Planning Worksheet and Ideas to Consider (Bethell) 2. 21 Mindfulness MicroPractices For Work (Santorelli) 3. MicroPractices for Busy Providers (Kurtin) 4. Wheel of Awareness/Events Calendar Tool and 10 Steps to Peaceful Communication 5. Managing Your Calendar MicroPractice Section 5: Mindfulness and Health Care Reform and Other Pediatric Relevant Clinical Care References 1. Role of Mindfulness in Health Care Reform Article (Ruff, et al, 2009) 2. The Ongoing Quality Improvement Journey: Next Stop, High Reliability (Chassin & Loeb, 2011) 3. Mindfulness Training for Parents of Children with Autism Article (Ferraioli & Harris, 2012) 4. Selected list of mindfulness and maternal and child health related references Getting Started Resources from AMCHP PULSE Newsletter  SelectedBooksandBookChapters  1. Mindfulness:FindingPeaceinaFranticWorld(2011),byMarkWilliamsandDanny Penmath  2. AMindfulNation:HowaSimplePracticeCanHelpUsReduceStress,ImprovePerformance,and RecapturetheAmericanSpirit(2012)CongressmanTimRyan 3. FullCatastropheLiving(1990),byJonKabat‐Zinn 4. TheMindfulLeader:Awakeningnaturalmanagementskillsthroughmindfulnessmeditation(2008), byMichaelCarroll 5. TheWhole‐BrainChild:12RevolutionaryStrategiestoNurtureYourChild'sDevelopingMind, SurviveEverydayParentingStruggles,andHelpYourFamilyThrive(forthcoming,2012),byDaniel Siegel 6. BecomingaResonantLeader:DevelopYourEmotionalIntelligence,RenewYourRelationships, SustainYourEffectiveness(2008)byAnnieMcKee,RichardE.Boyatzisand Fran Johnston  StartingAudioRecordings  1. MindfulnessforBeginnersbyJonKabat‐Zinn 2. GuidedMindfulnessMeditations byJonKabat‐Zinn  WebResourcestoBegin  1. Freedownloadablemindfulness med itationrecordings:Mindfulness‐ Solution.com/DownloadMeditations.html 2. Monthlynewsletteronthescienceofmindfulness: http://www.mindfulexperience.org/newsletter.php  3. Mindful:www.mindful.org  4. InstituteforMindfulLeadership:www.instituteformindfulleadership.org  5. MindandLifeInstitute: www.mindandlife.org  TopPickArticlefortheResearcherinYou!  Holzel,etal(2011)HowDoesMindfulnessMeditationWork?ProposingMechanismsofActionFroma ConceptualandNeuralPerspective.PerspectivesonPsychologicalScience6(6)537–559 CAHMI/OHSU Mindfulness As Medicine Starter Materials Packet. Assembled June, 2012. mindfulmedicine@ohsu.edu A A Short Selection of Mindfulness Poems and Sayings "We have what we seek. It is there all the time, and if we give it time, it will make itself known to us." — Thomas Merton A Blessing for Beauty May the beauty of your life become more visible to you, that you may glimpse your wild divinity. May the wonders of the earth call you forth from all your small, secret prisons and set your feet free in the pastures of possibilities. May the light of dawn anoint your eyes that you may behold what a miracle a day is. May the liturgy of twilight shelter all your fears and darkness within the circle of ease. May the angel of memory surprise you in bleak times with new gifts from the harvest of your vanished days. May you allow no dark hand to quench the candle of hope in your heart. May you discover a new generosity towards yourself, and encourage yourself to engage your life as a great adventure. May the outside voices of fear and despair find no echo in you. May you always trust the urgency and wisdom of your own spirit. May the shelter and nourishment of all the good you have done, the love you have shown, the suffering you have carried, awaken around you to bless your life a thousand times. And when love finds the path to your door may you open like the earth to the dawn, and trust your every hidden color towards its nourishment of light. May you find enough stillness and silence to savor the kiss of God on your soul and delight in the eternity that shaped you, that holds you and calls you. And may you know that despite confusion, anxiety and emptiness, your name is written in Heaven. And may you come to see your life as a quiet sacrament of service, which awakens around you a rhythm where doubt gives way to the grace of wonder, where what is awkward and strained can find elegance, and where crippled hope can find wings, and torment enter at last unto the grace of serenity. May Divine Beauty bless you. John O’Donohue, from Beauty – The Invisible Embrace (2004, SoundsTrue Boulder, CO 80306) CAHMI/OHSU Mindfulness As Medicine Starter Materials Packet. Assembled June, 2012. mindfulmedicine@ohsu.edu A billion stars go spinning through the night, Blazing high above your head. But in you is the presence that Will be, when all the stars are dead. Ranier Maria Rilke By being with yourself, by watching yourself in your daily life with alert interest, with the intention to understand rather than to judge, in full acceptance of whatever may emerge, because it is there, you encourage the deep to come to the surface and enrich your life and consciousness with its captive energies. This is the great work of awareness; it removes obstacles and releases energies by understanding the nature of life and mind. Intelligence is the door to freedom and alert attention is the mother of intelligence. Nisargadatta Maharaj, 1971 Stand still. The trees before you and the bushes beside you are not lost. Wherever you are is a place called Here, And you must treat it as a powerful stranger, Must ask permission to know it and be known. The forest breathes. Listen. It answers, I have made this place around you, If you leave it you may come back again saying Here. No two trees are the same to Raven. No two branches the same to Wren. If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you, You are surely lost. Stand still. The forest knows Where you are. You must let it find you. David Wagoner CAHMI/OHSU Mindfulness As Medicine Starter Materials Packet. Assembled June, 2012. mindfulmedicine@ohsu.edu Sweet Darkness When your eyes are tired the world is tired also. When your vision has gone no part of the world can find you. Time to go into the dark where the night has eyes to recognize its own. There you can be sure you are not beyond love. The dark will be your womb tonight. The night will give you a horizon further than you can see. You must learn one thing. The world was made to be free in. Give up all the other worlds except the one to which you belong. Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet confinement of your aloneness to learn anything or anyone that does not bring you alive is too small for you. David Whyte CAHMI/OHSU Mindfulness As Medicine Starter Materials Packet. Assembled June, 2012. mindfulmedicine@ohsu.edu The Guest House This being human is a guest-house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they're a crowd of sorrows, Who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture. still, treat each guest honorably. He may be clearing you out for some new delight. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond. Rumi, Translated by Coleman Barks with John Moyne A monthly newsletter from the National Institutes of Health, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Mindfulness Matters Can Living in the Moment Improve Your Health? At some point in your life, someone probably told you: “Enjoy every moment. Life is short.” Maybe you’ve smiled and rolled your eyes at this well-intentioned relative or co-worker. But the fact is, there’s something to it. Trying to enjoy each moment may actually be good for your health. The idea is called mindfulness. This ancient practice is about being completely aware of what’s happening in the present—of all that’s going on inside and all that’s happening around you. It means not living your life on “autopilot.” Instead, you experience life as it unfolds moment to moment, good and bad, and without judgment or preconceived notions. “Many of us go through our lives without really being present in the moment,” says Dr. Margaret Chesney of the University of California, San Francisco. She’s studying how mindfulness affects health. “What is valuable about mindfulness is that it is accessible and can be helpful to so many people.” Studies suggest that mindfulness practices may help people manage stress, cope better with serious illness and reduce anxiety and depression. Many people who practice mindfulness report an increased ability to relax, a greater enthusiasm for life and improved self-esteem. One NIH-supported study found a link between mindfulness meditation and measurable changes in the brain regions involved in memory, learning and emotion. Another NIH-funded researcher reported that mindfulness practices may reduce anxiety and hostility among urban youth and lead to reduced stress, fewer fights and better relationships. A major benefit of mindfulness is that it encourages you to pay attention to your thoughts, your actions and your body. For example, studies have shown that mindfulness can help people achieve and maintain a healthy weight. “It is so common for people to watch TV and eat snack food out of the box without really attending to how much they are eating,” says Chesney. “With mindful eating, you eat when you’re hungry, focus on each bite, enjoy your food more and stop when you’re full.” Finding time for mindfulness in our culture, however, can be a challenge. We tend to place great value on how much we can do at once and how fast. Still, being more mindful is within anyone’s reach. You can practice mindfulness throughout the day, even while answering e-mails, sitting in traffic or waiting in line. All you have to do is become more aware— of your breath, of your feet on the ground, of your fingers typing, of the people and voices around you. Chesney notes that as people start to learn how to be more mindful, it’s common and normal to realize how much your mind races and focuses on the past and future. You can just notice those thoughts and then return to the present moment. It is these little, regular steps that add up and start to create a more mindful, healthy life. So, before you roll your eyes again, take a moment and consider mindfulness. Being Mindful The concept of mindfulness is simple, but becoming a more mindful person requires commitment and practice. Here are some tips to help you get started: Take some deep breaths. Breathe in through your nose to a count of 4, hold for 1 second and then exhale through the mouth to a count of 5. Repeat often. • Enjoy a stroll. As you walk, notice your breath and the sights and sounds around you. As thoughts and worries enter your mind, note them but then return to the present. • Practice mindful eating. 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Institutes of Health, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Mindfulness Matters Can Living in the Moment Improve Your Health? At some