This video, narrated by Jon Kabat-Zinn, is a guided exercise of the body scan. This is a high quality example of this important mindfulness exercise. The body scan is a good practice for beginning students and teachers of mindfulness.
You will also find the video link in your study guide where you may also take notes for your
reference and reflection.
In this video, Dr. Jamie March takes you through a guided exercise in Mindfulness of Feeling Tones. Take a few minutes to experience this exercise and repeat your use of it to enhance your mindfulness practice and capacity to guide others.
You will also find the video link in your study guide where you may also take notes for your
reference and reflection.
This video explains the Stream of Consciousness. Take the time to view this video to
deepen you understanding of Mindfulness of the Mind. You will be working with this
foundation extensively as a teacher of mindfulness in your guidance of the meditations and inquiry with participants. Your insights will support you as you work with others.
You will also find the video link in your study guide where you may also take notes for your
reference and reflection.
Eckhart Tolle provides insights into the concept of enlightenment. View this video and
consider his points as you explore your understanding of how the mind operates.
You will also find the video link in your study guide.
Body Scan… many sensations. Felt similar to balancing the chakras ( Reiki). I felt release in my joints, more open. Really did not bring up any thoughts, just lightness and more awareness of my breath flowing through my being.
I often do what I call a Self Gratitude Scan before sleep or before getting up in the morning. The same idea as the Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Body Scan Exercise..I speak a gratitude for each part of my body, it brings a sense of peace & happiness to the moment.
I found throughout my practices that it is so important to give yourself permission to just be and experience and accept without judgement.
I love what you say about sending gratitude to each part of the body, thank you.
Feeling Tones…really like this concept and description. Becoming aware of our body and the sensations it goes through is so important to understand as we continue to grow and become more mindful
I always enjoy listening eckhrt tolle. The ” Power of Now” is what awakened me and I have been evolving every moment 🙂
I feel the same about Eckhart, he is so refreshing and gets to the point with humor and lightness
I think the feeling tones are such an important part of self compassion. The feeling tones dovetail into where you may be experiencing pain in the body or discomfort and then asking that part of the body what it needs to be safe. So powerful, such a powerful tool to help ourselves and others become aware and whole.
I watched and done these exercises a few times and the four foundations of mindfulness are so fundamental. The body scan is always a good grounding exercise and the feeling tone I haven’t worked with before, and I found it really great exercise. The stream of consciousness and the explanation was also very interesting and Eckhart Tolle I have so many books of him that I listen to often and find very enlightening to listen to.
Estos 4 fundamentos son como un texto sagrado del Mindfulness. Absolutamente fundamentales para poder comprender la práctica y luego transmitirla. Me ha parecido especialmente interesente el concepto de ‘feeling tones’. Tiene un gran potencial y mucha información que darte.
Of the 4 fundamentals of mindfulness, the one that was the most interesting to me was Mindfulness of Feeling Tones. The exercise was an interesting twist and a concept that is simple to do yet felt very powerful. I intend to repeat this activity and pause to consider the feeling tones throughout my day. I’m curious what this might do for my personal mindfulness practicing as well as my clients. As for Eckhart Tolle’s video, there is a statement that I use with my clients often and that is “remember that you are whole and complete exactly as you are right now”. I loved the reminder that we cannot become something that you are not already now.
When I read the Satipatthana, it was the feeling tones that struck me the most in my understanding of the four foundations. It completely changed my understanding of what leads up to our emotions. I encourage everyone to read Analayo’s commentary on the feeling tones. It is so impactful as is the entire book.
I use body scan meditation shortened in my Yoga classes at the beginning of Shavasana. Love it.
Feeling tones … Love it , definitely gives you morsels of insight to use as future reference when you feel disconnected. The ability to recognize and the acceptance to the nature of the feeling tones can most defiantly be a beginning to overall health.
Great video and lesson
Hi Sean,
There is so much in these Videos; to embody all of concepts could be over-whelming, however as we watch each video, a new Wisdom or Enlightenment has already occurred in the present moment; it is not a mission because we are already here…and since we have a vast Stream of Consciousness, then I see the value of taking Mindful Pauses to sort out what presents true value in our lives. And sifting through Pleasant, Unpleasant & Neutral sensations takes on a new meaning for me as well!
I could foresee a whole Research or Term Papers could be written about each video.
Thanks for the "Enlightenment">>>Brilliant!
I feel like I need more explicit instruction on the Five Precepts. I am a bit vague on the precept go Not harming anybody, including oneself, with sexuality or strong desire. I am unsure what is exactly meant by this.
Very deep insights and more clarity around the concept of "Mindfulness" for me and great exercises! Excited to learn more!
I found the feeling tone practice to be a a great tool and an informative exercise. The stream of consciousness video also sparked some curious and inquiring perspective for me, in regards to the working of my own mind and the way I express myself in relationship to that stream of consciousness. I have been told ,at various times in my life, that I am a very abstract thinker. In fact someone once told me that I seem to express the stream of consciousness, in my mind, without much filtering. This feedback came to me many years ago.
I am feeling curious about all of that, in this moment,
I am also feeling curious how my mediation practice, over the past 10 years, has changed that for me and is continuing to do so.
In this moment, Just feeling interested and curious.
Thanks!
Really enjoyed the deeper dive into each of these 4 founding principles and the depth of awareness that cultivates our true authenticity. I found each of the practices enriching in their singularity and so rewarding in their inter-connectedness.
Loved the videos, but something was not really clear to me:
What's the difference between mindfulness of the mind and mindfulness of how mind operates?
I have the same question! I am confused between these two!
This is a great question. Thank you for raising it. How I understand it is that mindfulness of the mind is being aware of individual thoughts, emotions, moods, or other states that pass through us, being aware of them in the present moment. It deepens our ability to recognize when we're frustrated, calm, distracted, etc.
Mindfulness of how the mind operates is a level beyond this. It's about understanding the nature of the mind, such as how it craves and clings, experiences aversion and ignorance, that what rises within it is impermanent, etc. It's a deeper recognition of the universal laws of the mind – as opposed to awareness of in-the-moment feelings or thoughts moving through.
I hope that helps!
Wow 🤩 These videos are so eye opening!
I love the reference to Ulysses in the Stream of Consciousness video. Truly a life-changing novel, and the confluence with mindfulness makes this all the more relevant.
Now, maybe I'll be able to make sense of Joyce. Look out Finnegans Wake.
This lesson taught me how unware I was of my body, my mind and my sensations I have every day. Scanning my body was a powerful tool to be aware how beautifully interconnected my body is. Paying attention to the sensations I have throughout the day is also helping me to be aware of the emotional process.
I am very thankful of having a perfect body as a companion of this amazing journey called life.
Thank you for all of these practices. Learning about emotional tones was fascinating!
The body scan meditation is so powerful. I had completed my daily qigong and energy movements prior to the body scan meditation and Wow. This practice is a wonderful introduction into the somatic world. Thank you for this lesson creation. It expresses the power, versatility and depth of mindfulness as a whole.
Sending grateful energy,
🙏🏾🤗
Enjoyed all of these video clips. The body scan clarifies points that Sara-Mai was making in one of her Zoom sessions about the difference between a mindfulness meditation/body scan and the kind of body scan relaxations I am leading at the end of my yoga classes.
I got so much out of this lesson. The videos were great. I loved what Ekhart Tolle said about the NOW… we are already fully ourselves; we dont' need anything else. No more spiritual seeking. I found the video on stream of consciousness to be exceptionally helpful. The feeling tones exercise was simple, yet powerful. I intend to use it frequently.
I enjoyed this lesson. The videos are a very good recourse also.
I really found the feeling tones practice helpful. I had not ever heard of that term before. Interesting how sadness could be pleasant (as a release) or even joy could be unpleasant (as someone fears loss or suffering.)
Body scans (to me) are similar to yoga nidra. I love doing this at night before I go to sleep.
I can see how beneficial the feeling tones exercise will be with clients who have a difficult time feeling…anything ,,, what a great way to strengthen the awareness muscle.
I'm not sure if I'm supposed to record my notes into the document online here. I've kept another document.
The four fundamental of mindfulness my favorite is the body scan. It helps me ground myself. Section by section I feel the release, a new relaxation.
The ethics section of this lesson is crucial. I believe it is very important to create a safe environment wherever mindfulness is taught. I am not sure how successful mindfulness teaching can be without that.
I really loved learning about the feeling tones. Learning to place what you are feeling, opening up your awareness in a different way. The body scan is always very relaxing and I find I can feel energy emanating from different areas veryy powerfully. Always in my hands, and often in my head.
Feeling tones are new to me, and I appreciate the simplicity. I also always love hearing from Jon Kabat-Zinn. The idea of bringing gratitude to my whole self was really empowering today.
I also love the feelings tone meditation.
To set the goal of becoming enlightened is to already miss, as a goal exist in the future and enlightenment only exist in the now. That was the biggest take away from Tolle. Thanks.
I loved to hear Jon Kabat-Zinn say that the body scan is a nourishing and portable activity…a good analogy and positive approach to mindfulness to remember when practicing and teaching. I also really liked Dr. March's Mindfulness of Feeling Tones -this felt sense of awareness helps me become connected and mindful of what's going in my mind and body.
For me, learning about feeling tones was a very impactful moment in this course and journey. Before this, I had never really considered that a "negative" emotion like sadness could be in its own way, experienced as pleasant. Discovering this started to shift me towards observing my own emotions and ultimately towards accepting them and seeing them as somehow separate from who I am. Learning about the Sutras was also profound. As I went through the statements (e.g. The angry mind is angry. The mind that is free of anger is free of anger), the form of the statement started to give me a new and more detached way to understand and see emotions.
The Enlightenment paradox:
My Sangha in Davis would laugh at the old Weekly World News when it showed doctored phony photographs of the "Soul"leaving the body of a patient on a surgery table. This essence could not be caught or tracked but only believed or not believed as real or unreal.
This seems like Enlightenment is to be, not an object to be grasped which would only be another attachment, another objective of getting and having.
Presence is already here, there, moment by moment, on the cushion and off. Enlightenment abides by Alice in Wonderland rules: Jam yesterday and jam tomorrow but never jam today. Instead it is Jam! Jam! Jam!