- Title
- Mindfulness at work
- Creator
- Moore, Kathleen
- Date
- 2016
- Type
- Text; Book chapter
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/160261
- Identifier
- vital:12150
- Identifier
- ISBN:978 1 78536 326 9
- Abstract
- Mindfulness has become somewhat of a catchphrase in recent times: meditation is often said to be mindful as it sustains attention on par-ticular external or internal objects such as concepts, sounds (mantras), or bodily sensations that are frequently associated with breathing (Vestergaard- Poulsen et al., 2009). Yoga too has mindful elements in that it teaches us to take a breath and respond from a position of calm to stress or anxiety (Campbell and Moore, 2004), and even colouring books are available today to help us develop our mindfulness. So what is it? When I was young, and maybe you too, mindful was when one watched one’s behaviour or took care of others; it was basically a direction to be courteous of self and to others. Even David asked, ‘When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained; what is man, that thou art mindful of him?’ (Psalms 8.4). Yet it also had elements we see today, for instance: ‘I’m mindful of your need to. . .’, which resonates with awareness, a component of current definitions of mindfulness.
- Relation
- Research Handbook on Work and Well-Being Chapter 21 p. 453-467
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
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