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"Meditation is not what you think"
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Mindfulness & Meditation
- What is Meditation?
- Why Meditate?
- How is Meditation Clinically Relevant?
- How to Meditate
- Where to Meditate
- Links & Resources
- Mindfulness Opportunities for Residents
What is Meditation?
"Meditation is unmanipulated experience."
-Adyashanti
"Mindfulness is being fully present, on purpose, paying attention in the present moment, non-judgmentally."
-University of Wisconsin Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program
"Found in cultures, spiritual traditions, and disciplines throughout the world, meditation is a mind-body practice with many methods and variations, all of which are grounded in the silence and stillness of present moment awareness."
-Integrative Medicine, 2nd Edition, "Recommending Meditation"
See the University of Wisconsin Integrative Medicine patient handout on meditation (pdf).
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"When ws the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing - just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pond, a flickering candle or children playing in the park?"
-Robert Marsdon