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Is Mindfulness Right for You?

There was lots of Buddhism was around, there was lots of meditation Taoism, other kinds of...

There was lots of Buddhism was around, there was lots of meditation Taoism, other kinds of practices, but mindfulness as we understand it now as a secular practice extracted from Buddhist
training was not around at all

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There was lots of Buddhism was around,
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there was lots of meditation Taoism,
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other kinds of practices,
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but mindfulness as we understand it now
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as a secular practice
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extracted from Buddhist training was not around at all.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
521
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:31
Uploaded
May 25, 2025
Genres
documentary
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This insightful and informative documentary explores the popular world of Mindfulness from the perspective of four people who study and teach it.
One of the things that was remarkable - Is Mindfulness Right for You? 00:15
One of the things that was remarkable
So they had this interesting wisdom about, - Is Mindfulness Right for You? 00:10
So they had this interesting wisdom about,
- Mindfulness is a contemplative practice. - Is Mindfulness Right for You? 00:04
- Mindfulness is a contemplative practice.
Contemplative practices have existed cross-culturally - Is Mindfulness Right for You? 00:07
Contemplative practices have existed cross-culturally
What it means is Vipassana or insight meditation. - Is Mindfulness Right for You? 00:06
What it means is Vipassana or insight meditation.
The reason why it's gaining so much momentum - Is Mindfulness Right for You? 00:08
The reason why it's gaining so much momentum
There is a, his name is Dr.Jon Kabat-Zinn, - Is Mindfulness Right for You? 00:08
There is a, his name is Dr.Jon Kabat-Zinn,
He broke down mindfulness into an eight-week program, - Is Mindfulness Right for You? 00:10
He broke down mindfulness into an eight-week program,
We need to have a program, - Is Mindfulness Right for You? 00:10
We need to have a program,
He noticed that people dealing with chronic pain - Is Mindfulness Right for You? 00:15
He noticed that people dealing with chronic pain
And once we hit those limitations, then what do we do, - Is Mindfulness Right for You? 00:07
And once we hit those limitations, then what do we do,
So he found tremendous benefits in Buddhist philosophy. - Is Mindfulness Right for You? 00:06
So he found tremendous benefits in Buddhist philosophy.
So what he did was he stripped the, - Is Mindfulness Right for You? 00:14
So what he did was he stripped the,
And what this program did was it allowed - Is Mindfulness Right for You? 00:06
And what this program did was it allowed
He found that people reported not only less pain, - Is Mindfulness Right for You? 00:11
He found that people reported not only less pain,
That's why I have a lot of compassion for my students. - Is Mindfulness Right for You? 00:06
That's why I have a lot of compassion for my students.
I stuck with it because of my boyfriend, - Is Mindfulness Right for You? 00:14
I stuck with it because of my boyfriend,
I didn't have to believe in something, - Is Mindfulness Right for You? 00:10
I didn't have to believe in something,
So that's what kept me actually, - Is Mindfulness Right for You? 00:07
So that's what kept me actually,
When we talk about mindfulness meditation, - Is Mindfulness Right for You? 00:22
When we talk about mindfulness meditation,