ATTENTION The Art (and Habit) Of Paying CAADS Spring Conference May 2018 Berkeley California Dennis M. Warren Hope, Health & Healing are not the passive results of wishing or wanting something to happen. They arise from paying attention to & experiencing what is happening in our bodies, minds & hearts, while it is happening, then making wise and kind choices. 1
You Perform Better and Feel Better About How You Perform 2
You Cope More Skillfully With Health Challenges Feel Better About Your Quality of Life Achieve A New Understanding of The Meaning of Your Struggle and Your Life Business Results 3
The Science ATTENTION BASED TRAININGS Concentrate & stabilize the mind & body Determination, restraint & patience Develop skills Generosity, kindness & gratitude Insight into the nature of the body, mind & emotions Non-judgment & equanimity Truthfulness & ethics Live a more purposeful, satisfying, ethical, meaningful life. 4
The Foundations of Mindfulness Mind / Heart as a whole Breathing Posture Bending & Stretching Dressing Eating & Drinking Going to the Bathroom Seeing Standing Walking Sitting Speaking Being Silent Feelings s Kindness & Compass Joy & Equanimity Other qualities of mind Obstacles to attention s & Thinking Attachment & Identification Suffering & Happiness The Foundations of Mindfulness Mind Heart as a whole Obstacles to attention Feelings Breathing Equanimity s Posture s Generosity Bending & Stretching Thinking Kindness Dressing Attachment Empathy Eating & Drinking Identification Compassion Going to the Bathroom Reactivity Gratitude Seeing Suffering Sympathetic Joy Standing Happiness Walking Other Qualities of Mind Sitting Speaking Being Silent 5
Dimensions of Experience Mind Feelings i feel more comfortable when i m tense 6
Stand still The trees ahead and bushes beside you Are not lost. Wherever you are is 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 the Raven. No two branches are the same to the 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 Lost Stand Still (Pause) Listen Remember (To Pay ) From David Wagoner a modern translation of a poem about waking up and saving our lives from an old Native American REMEMBERING Paying attention to what is happening in our bodies, minds & hearts while it is happening 7
Listening The moment we pause & pay attention to what is happening, what was unseen is now seen, what is seen and its implications can be understood. The act of pausing and recognizing the nature of our experience becomes a creative process that introduces choice as an option, rather than being controlled by habit, emotion and reactivity. Thank you If you re lost Stand still Listen Remember Choose Dwwotp@Gmail.Com 8
Functional Gains Relaxation, Sleep, Fatigue & Pain Levels Concentration & Coping Capacities Flexibility and Adaptability Understanding, Insight & Decision-Making Fundamentals { Observing & Experiencing Seeing Things As They Really Are Relationships - Causation Consequences Understanding = Insight Choosing & Acting 9
Kaiser Training Focus Am I engaged in my work? { How am I engaged? What can I do now to be of help? Kaiser Training Focus Am I engaged in my work? { How am I engaged? What can I do now to be of help? Mindfulness & Insight Mindfulness leads to spontaneous insight { into the circumstances leading to (1) our stress and distress and (2) sound decisionmaking. 10
{ Paying On Purpose In The Present Moment In A Particular Way 11
Without Judgment (or as little as possible) With Kindness Gratitude 12
The Yerkes-Dodson Curve 13
Compromised Skills Perception Appraisal Evaluation Options Consequences Choices 14
Nursing Studies Outcomes Provides space, time, and skills for processing negative emotions Prevents automatic and habitual ways of reacting Improves quality of care responding with non-judgment and compassion Cycle Distortion 15
Cycle Cycle Cycle 16
Cycle Impairment Impairment 17
Impairment Impairment Impairment 18
Use in ADHC/CBAS 19
Test Instructions The next slide contains a picture of two identical dolphins. Current studies demonstrate that stress distorts perception. An individuals stress level can be determined by the number of differences he or she sees, or fails to see, between the two dolphins. 20