Thank you for visiting. Have you seen our new Mindful Wander signs out in the community? If you have, would you please take less than two minutes to share your thoughts? Share thoughts on Mindful Wander signs here.

The OSU Extension office offers:

• community classes on mindfulness
• online resources for your own practice
• Mindful Wander signs, loaned for community events

Please contact Patrice powers-barker.1@osu.edu with questions.

 

 

Ever feel stress? OSU Extension, Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) promotes healthy living. Along with topics like healthy eating and exercise, mindfulness is gaining recognition as part of healthy lifestyle in the United States. OSU Extension offers an overview on the science behind the art of mindfulness as well as the health benefits of stress reduction. Utilize some mindful, relaxation tools to live a more mindful, less-stressed and healthier life.

What is mindfulness?

"Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: On purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally" Jon Kabat-Zinn

Want to learn more?

• Introduction to Mindfulness is a one-hour overview presentation on mindfulness. Please contact Patrice Powers-Barker to schedule a program powers-barker.1@osu.edu
• Mindful Wellness is a series of one-hour lessons on mindfulness. It is designed to be offered to a small group with the expectation that all participants can attend the entire series of 3 - 5 lessons. It can be offered in partnership with a worksite wellness program or with other community sites. Please contact Patrice Powers-Barker to schedule a program powers-barker.1@osu.edu
• Follow the Live Smart Ohio Mind and Body Blog

• Handout: Learning to Keep Calm

  Handout: Short, easy mindfulness practices to reduce stress

• OSU Extension Fact Sheets 2016
  • Introduction to Mindfulness
  • Stress Coping Methods
  • Eating Healthy During Stressful Times
  • Helping Children Through Stressful Times
• Read Patrice's mindfulness blogs here:
  • Just Breathe, Simply Breathe
  • Mindful Practice Is Like An Apple Orchard
  • Spilt Milk - To Cry Or Not To Cry
  • Mindful Eating

Free Mindfulness Recordings

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center recommends mindfulness practice to complement medical treatment to help reduce anxiety, chronic pain, depression, insomnia and stress. Ohio State's Center for Integrative Health and Wellness offers free mindfulness recordings for personal use. Additional guided imagery downloads can be found here.

Remember, just like learning any new skill like cooking, swimming or riding a bike, mindfulness takes time and practice. Consider listening to a download for a few times before you decide it's not for you. Once you've discovered some of your favorite ways to practice mindfulness, keep it up!

Online resources from universities:

• University of Virginia School of Medicine – free audio med.virginia.edu/mindfulness-center/continue-your-practice/audio-recordings
• UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center, free guided meditations
  marc.ucla.edu/mindful-meditations (in English and Spanish audio)
• Dr. Benzo's Mindful Breathing Lab at Mayo Clinic mayo.edu/research/labs/mindful-breathing/audio-files