Now, with an understanding and direct experience of mindfulness, you are invited to begin a personal mindfulness practice. This final section lays out a beginning plan, including formal meditation and informal mindfulness practices you can do anytime, anywhere.
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Welcome back! After practicing the Awareness of breath meditation, reflect on your experience, including all three layers of sensations, thoughts, and emotions. You can also identify your starting place with the mindfulness qualities.
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Using the guidelines from part 5, find a safe, comfortable place where you will not be disturbed and practice a guided mindfulness meditation.
Do not listen while driving or operating machinery - sleepiness may occur.
Note: If at any time while listening you experience anxiety or distress - stop listening and seek out support, be it family, friends, or calling or texting 988. 
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Using the guidelines from part 5, find a safe, comfortable place where you will not be disturbed and practice a guided mindfulness meditation.
Do not listen while driving or operating machinery - sleepiness may occur.
Note: If at any time while listening you experience anxiety or distress - stop listening and seek out support, be it family, friends, or calling or texting 988. 
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Time to practice! Please listen to the guidelines for practicing a guided awareness of breath meditation. Then use either the 5-minute or 10-minute meditation, and then return to post-meditation reflection. Enjoy!
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A common driver for taking up mindfulness practice is to manage stress better in our lives. In this section, we explore the underlying mechanisms of stress and how mindfulness offers us a new way to manage it.
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Now that we understand mindlessness, we dive into defining mindfulness. First, what it is not, and then what it is. We explore a definition from Jon Kabat-Zinn and take a closer look at the qualities of mindfulness for a fuller understanding, including how it differs from relaxation exercises, and explore the underlying intention and paradox of practicing mindfulness in our lives. We also gain clarity on what meditation is in the context of mindfulness.
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Before we define mindfulness, we explore the opposite - mindlessness - a state we commonly find ourselves experiencing throughout the day. We learn about the impact of this state and compare it with the opportunity to practice mindfulness more often.
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Meet the facilitator, Paul Deger, and discover how we already experience mindfulness in our lives; learn a new metaphor for adding mindfulness into our day. And reflect on our intention for participating in this mindfulness course.
You will be invited to do some self-reflection throughout this course, so consider grabbing a pen and pad or journal before you begin.
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What is mindfulness? Is it hard to do? Is it worth the effort? Mindfulness is a capacity we all have, but the chatter in our minds can make it difficult to access. Join Paul Deger, MA, LPC, PT, in this gentle, practical, and inspiring exploration of mindfulness.
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