Michael Chaskalson > Quotes

“The mindfulness teacher Larry Rosenberg suggests five easy steps for practising mindfulness throughout the day. When possible do just one thing at a time. Pay full attention to what you are doing. When the mind wanders from what you are doing, bring it back. Repeat Step 3 several billion times. Investigate your distractions.”
― Michael Chaskalson, Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan: A Self-Improvement Guide to Meditation and Anxiety Relief

“If your attention is always in the future or always in the past, right now you’re simply not here. Right now, you’re not fully alive. When you’re mindful, your attention stays in the present moment. Right here, right now.”
― Michael Chaskalson, Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan: A Self-Improvement Guide to Meditation and Anxiety Relief

“At such times, after the breathing space you can stay paused before re-engaging with your usual tasks and ask yourself: ‘What do I most need right now? How can I best take care of myself?”
― Michael Chaskalson, Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan: A Self-Improvement Guide to Meditation and Anxiety Relief

“Mindfulness Involves Paying Attention in the Present Moment”
― Michael Chaskalson, Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan: A Self-Improvement Guide to Meditation and Anxiety Relief

“People who meditate have fewer hospital admissions for heart disease, cancer and infectious diseases, and visit their doctor half as often as people who don’t meditate.”
― Michael Chaskalson, Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan: A Self-Improvement Guide to Meditation and Anxiety Relief

“it is not your experience itself that makes you unhappy – it is your relationship to that experience.”
― Michael Chaskalson, Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan: A Self-Improvement Guide to Meditation and Anxiety Relief

“people who are more mindful are less likely to experience psychological distress, including depression and anxiety.”
― Michael Chaskalson, Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan: A Self-Improvement Guide to Meditation and Anxiety Relief

“the awareness that arises from paying attention on purpose, in the present moment and non-judgementally.”
― Michael Chaskalson, Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan: A Self-Improvement Guide to Meditation and Anxiety Relief

“But things really only ever are as they actually are.”
― Michael Chaskalson, Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan: A Self-Improvement Guide to Meditation and Anxiety Relief

“mindfulness confers significant benefits on health, well-being and quality of life in general:”
― Michael Chaskalson, Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan: A Self-Improvement Guide to Meditation and Anxiety Relief

“Reading Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression –”
― Michael Chaskalson, Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan: A Self-Improvement Guide to Meditation and Anxiety Relief

“in meditation, thoughts are perceived for what they are – simply thoughts – their power to confuse and distort reality is diminished, leading to a sense of liberation and freedom.”
― Michael Chaskalson, Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan: A Self-Improvement Guide to Meditation and Anxiety Relief