The TED series of lectures and conferences is fascinating. There are some really interesting presentations covering all sorts of topics and subject materials, presented by some very talented people. All the talks I’ve seen have been thought provoking and just visually appealing.
As you might be able to tell, I’m a big fan of Jon Kabat-Zinn. Here he’s talking about his book Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness. The video is quite long, so grab a warm cup of tea and enjoy it.
In yet another example of how many resources there are on the web, I found Jon Kabat-Zinn teaching mindfulness. Dr. Kabat-Zinn is the author of many mindfulness tomes and one of the creators of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. Needless to say, he’s an expert on mindfulness and psychotherapy. Here he is teaching mindfulness.
Teaching mindfulness is probably the most frequent therapeutic activity I do in my practice. I do it more than cogntive restructuring, activity scheduling, interpersonal skills training, more than anything. Suffice it to say, I believe that it’s a pretty important skill. Well, here is Marsha Linehan teaching it. You can’t get better than the best. Enjoy.
Dr. B