Feedback from the educators
Watch Craig and Richard chat about the conversations and questions that have arisen from comments, discussions and learner activity throughout Week 4 of the course. We hope you enjoy it. …
Course: Mindfulness for Wellbeing and Peak Performance
Acknowledgements
This course is made up of a range of materials and features contributions from a variety of resources. The educators would like to acknowledge the following people and organisations for …
Recommended resources
In this course you’ve explored the science, practice and application of mindfulness and have learned how to incorporate mindfulness practices into your life to reduce stress, improve mental health and …
Feedback from the educators
Watch Craig and Richard chat about the conversations and questions that have arisen from comments, discussions and learner activity throughout Week 3 of the course. We hope you enjoy it. …
Introduction to Week 4
Watch Craig and Richard provide an overview of what you’re going to learn in this week of the course, and how you can go about maintaining a mindful life. This …
Managing your emotions
Watch Craig introduce the importance of emotions for our physical and mental health. In the video, Craig presents examples of the benefits of mindfulness to health and wellbeing. If it …
Multitasking experiment
If you want to explore more deeply the negative impact of complex multitasking on performance, depth of experience and enjoyment then try one or more of these multitasking experiments. Experiment …
Introduction to Week 3
Watch Craig and Richard introduce the topic for this week, improving work and study performance. How we refer to work, study and learning We refer to work and study throughout …
Multitasking, unitasking and efficient attention switching
Watch Craig introduce the topic of how mindfulness is vital for learning and performance. The modern challenges for mindful awareness include being hurried and stressed, complex multitasking, and being unable …
Mindfulness of everyday activities – the informal practice of mindfulness
Our lives are comprised of moments, one after another. For instance, today you may have woken up, turned off your alarm, got up, showered, dried yourself, had breakfast, travelled to …
Feedback from the educators
Watch Craig and Richard chat about the conversations and questions that have arisen from comments, discussions and learner activity throughout Week 2 of the course. We hope you enjoy it. …
Introduction to Week 2
Watch Craig and Richard introduce the topic for this week, improving work and study performance. We refer to work and study throughout this week and the course as a whole, …
The power of curiosity
Watch Richard introduce the notion of curiosity, or being interested in something, which can help us to be more mindful. Curiosity is a central quality of mindfulness. When we are …
Default mode and reduced performance
Watch Craig and Richard discuss the concept of default mode and how it contributes to reduced wellbeing and performance. Default mode is the distracted state of mind we go into …
Feedback from the educators
Watch Craig and Richard chat about the conversations and questions that have arisen from comments, discussions and learner activity throughout Week 1 of the course. We hope you enjoy it. …
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