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[Daniel] Every time you put your mind on your breath
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The Mindfulness Movement

Every time youput your mind on your breath and then it wanders,that's what the mind does,...

[Daniel] Every time you
put your mind on your breath and then it wanders,
that's what the mind does, and you notice it wander
and then you bring it back, you're strengthening
the neural circuitry for paying attention

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[Daniel] Every time you put your mind on your breath
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and then it wanders, that's what the mind does,
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and you notice it wander and then you bring it back,
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you're strengthening the neural circuitry
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for paying attention.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:13
Uploaded
May 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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Movie Summary

Follow the emotionally compelling story of four main characters who reveal their personal hardships and explain how mindfulness transformed their lives.
This is quite a parallel with going to the gym - The Mindfulness Movement 00:05
This is quite a parallel with going to the gym
Every time you lift that weight, every repetition, - The Mindfulness Movement 00:06
Every time you lift that weight, every repetition,
[Richard] Among novice practitioners, - The Mindfulness Movement 00:07
[Richard] Among novice practitioners,
This was a kind of proof of concept study - The Mindfulness Movement 00:09
This was a kind of proof of concept study
[Narrator] Strengthening that mental muscle - The Mindfulness Movement 00:07
[Narrator] Strengthening that mental muscle
[Diana] The way I define mindfulness is paying attention - The Mindfulness Movement 00:11
[Diana] The way I define mindfulness is paying attention
So it's a quality of attention - The Mindfulness Movement 00:09
So it's a quality of attention
We can bring that quality of awareness to our experience. - The Mindfulness Movement 00:05
We can bring that quality of awareness to our experience.
[reflective music] - The Mindfulness Movement 00:08
[reflective music]
In other words, we start taking better care of ourselves, - The Mindfulness Movement 00:07
In other words, we start taking better care of ourselves,
[Deepak] When you're aware of a sensory experience - The Mindfulness Movement 00:14
[Deepak] When you're aware of a sensory experience
[Jon] And it offers us degrees of freedoms so that - The Mindfulness Movement 00:07
[Jon] And it offers us degrees of freedoms so that
There's no moment - The Mindfulness Movement 00:05
There's no moment
[Diana] I'm a big believer in the growth of mindfulness, - The Mindfulness Movement 00:06
[Diana] I'm a big believer in the growth of mindfulness...
[Narrator] Some people still associate meditation - The Mindfulness Movement 00:11
[Narrator] Some people still associate meditation
But in the 1970s a small number of young scientists - The Mindfulness Movement 00:09
But in the 1970s a small number of young scientists
[orchestral music] - The Mindfulness Movement 00:18
[orchestral music]
I did have an experience back in the late '70s - The Mindfulness Movement 00:10
I did have an experience back in the late '70s
One day at about the 10th day of this retreat - The Mindfulness Movement 00:24
One day at about the 10th day of this retreat
Since I happened to be already working in a laboratory - The Mindfulness Movement 00:09
Since I happened to be already working in a laboratory