Professor Mark Williams – An Introduction to Mindfulness
Professor Mark Williams – An Introduction To Mindfulness
Professor Mark Williams is Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology at Oxford and was also the Director of the Oxford Mindfulness Centre until his retirement in 2013.
Professor Williams, along with colleagues John Teasdale (Cambridge) and Zindel Segal (Toronto), developed Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for prevention of relapse and recurrence in major depression. He is also co-author of the best selling book ‘Mindfulness: Finding Peace In A Frantic World.’
In this interview Mark elegantly answers the question ‘what is mindfulness?’ He also leads 2 simple introductory practices for beginners and talks about why mindfulness is so effective for the treatment of depression relapse.
In this interview you’ll also discover…
- The difference between mindlessness and mindfulness.
- Why mindlessness often gets us into so much trouble.
- The cutting edge research on mindfulness for depression (Mark is one of the world premiere researchers in this field).
- The ‘breathing space’ mindfulness practice, which is great to use in times of stress and difficult emotions
- How to use ‘habit releasers’ to bring more mindfulness into daily life.
- An experience of the ‘body scan’ mindfulness practice.
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thank you and I echo the statements from maria
Am looking at this interview for a second time. I have read quite a bit of material on mindfulness and ii really love that book. The interview here is excellent. Thanks guys!!!
Interesting comment about daydreaming. Yes Daydreaming is the cousin of procrastination but it is also the cousin of a creative imagination and I would like to declare that I love my unfettered mind
This makes me feel joyful to be alive and more prepared to deal with challenges kindly and creatively. I loved the comment about “after the froth”.
Well, I like the way MrsMindfulness says “mmm” and “yeah” because it reminds me of someone I love a lot 🙂 Also a bit distracting, but in a nice ways 😉
Just mentioning because I felt a bit uneasy about the remarks.
Beginning to catch up and this interview + practice was beautifully put together.
Several inspirational points as the acknowledgment of we are always pretty much chasing the “next big thing” without living in the present.. “I will enjoy more when I finish my bachelor degree”, “I will enjoy more when I get a well paid job…when I get … married….when I have my first child, when I get that raise, etc”
I always tell to bachelor students eager to finish their career….enjoy it now that you have,, cause once you graduate you will for sure miss all this, even that time at the library studying, hanging out with friends and yes..going into the classroom to sit an exam.
All stages in life are full with beautiful experiences that we should enjoy more, for as long as they last.
Thanks Mrs Mindfulness!!!! 😉
Listening to this interview again and taking notes. I found myself all over your profiling of depression. 13 to 15 (therapist) and prozac in college and again in my 30s. (Now 48) Though I haven’t been non-functionally depressed in more than half a decade, and I have done a month of meditation here and there many times, I saw that I still have many mental traps and habits you pin-pointed. Making them conscious was extremely useful to me! Three cheers for awareness! Thank you for your ability to articulate subtle differences and separate the useful from the traps. I now have a stack of new changes to make and I find myself excited for them. This interview has definitely shown up for me as an answer to prayer. Thank you oodles and bunches for your sharing!
As a therapist, it’s very interesting and awakening that Mindfulness can have such a great impact over depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation. Definitely, I will increase my knowledge about it to be able to be a better helper.
As myself in my personal life, Mindfulness means a the discovery of my own breath and it was a life changing event that will live with me forever.
So grateful of this course.
Thank you very much.
Very good presentation, but did find comments by hosting person a bit disruptive and pretty soon a distraction. Please. If these comments could be reduced better attention could be dedicated to the presenter.
Thank you for this program.
I completely agree, it was such a fabulous explanation by Mark and could have been presented without the ïnterviewer” – ironically I found it hard to be a ‘mindful’ listener with the intermittent ‘hmmms’ and ‘okays’ – very awkward! I put a piece of paper over half the screen to reduce the visual distraction also. Anyhoo, was very useful information all the same!
Agree – this type of event requires a different type of interviewing style. Let the man talk without interruption, please! Just agree on the topics and questions first and let him talk.
That is exactly why I stopped watching. Very interested, nevertheless. Will definitely explore more about mindfulness.
Very good presentation! Lots of great information.
So glad we’re taking this challenge together, Cassie! Love you!
hi, really great to hear Mark WIlliams speak on both mindfulness and mindfulness based cognitive therapy.
So happy that I took the time to focus on listening fully to this. Letting it sink in today while looking forward to the others to come.
Thank you
As a therapist for whom mindfulness practice was a part of my clinical training, I especially appreciated the comments alluding to the nuances of incorporating mindfulness into therapeutic work.
sorry but i find the ummms and yes etc to be ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
I totally agree!!
Thank you for providing this wonderful event. Craig from Renton,WA (near Seattle)
how do u counter the tendency to doze off during meditation?
Thank you Mark Williams for giving your time to share such precious knowledge ..I have just ordered 2 of your books
Loved your reading of Hokusai ..shared it on my wall for all to enjoy 🙂
Good info. Annoyed by interviewer…maybe that’s a test (ya, yeah, hmm, right, um) to be mindful even though frustrated by split screen.
Mark Williams is very good.
I came across Mark’s book last year when my fiancé passed away and my boss bought it for me to do the 8 weeks course… It did help me to learn how to breathe and not get overwhelmed by my feelings which were so raw and painful I sometimes felt I was suffocating! It also helped me to focus on a task for 8 weeks as I always like to finish a project I take on and I guess it helped me to escape through this project. 15 months later, I still use the body scan when I cannot sleep and try to be more open to mindfulness hence why I joined this summit. Thank you for organising it!
Hi
I am very new to the concept of mindfulness. I have experienced and still do depression especially when triggered by stress and emotionally negative experiences. I would like to know where I could join a group and learn the meditation method in North London. Any suggestion?
Thanks for sharing your research with us
Alessandra
I noticed your question today while looking back on this wonderful program. You could try going here in London. It’s about meditation and learning a better way of living through Eastern teachings. It includes mindfulness and quite a bit more. http://www.srf-london.rg.uk. I’ve been going to the center in Southern California since 2005 and I love it. I’m now teaching what I’ve learned.
Wonderful presentation. Very useful information about awareness and presence. Thank you for the awakening.
I found this talk very interesting, especially the fact presented at the very end: after 6-8 hours the brain just cannot work properly anymore. I am a teacher and my working hours vary a lot depending on the time of the year. At the beginning of the school year not much happens and I find my days quite relaxing But about half through the semester the work just never stops and I work both evenings and weekends to cope with the workload. After these 8-10 weeks; I am completely exhausted and even shorter holidays such as the christmas break do not help. Do you have suggestions on how to deal with this kind of job. It will never change. It is the nature of this job. Thank you.
Just bought the Professor’s book. Looking forward to following.
I am new to mindfulness. I suffer from complex PTSD and anxiety. I am hoping if I go all in for the 8 weeks I can regain control of some of my life.
Thank you very much for all your work and wisdom in this. I appreciate it very much.
I am so grateful to have been invited to this summit mindfullnes is something I know I enjoy and found very beneficial from the start no need to expert just be in mindfullnes receiving open stay of mind – thank you
I’m loving this summit, thank you all for the time and energy used on this! I’m sure it will turn into a lot of positive things for everyone who could listen.
I only saw the video by Mark Williams about the research centre now. What a wonderful chance to have it implemented in university! I really hold thumbs! And if ever I might tumble over a million or two: I will be delighted to invest into this mission!
Enjoying the talks and wonderful meditations – thank you
Just now getting to your first interview with best seller author Mark Williams. I love his guided meditations… I find his research fascinating. Thank you for Mellie/ Mrs. Mindfulness and staff. Wow – I better back up my ancient PC- as I have downloaded quite a few MP3s – and know I will revisit them.
holy moly! was not expecting to cry during both guided meditations, I thought I was in a good ‘body set’ but by stopping reveals the true ‘mind set.’ I can’t wait for the body and mind start talking together1 thank you
Thank you for arranging this…although I slept through the second meditation exiercise, I really felt relaxed listening to mark’s voice.
I know it’s almost the end of summit, but Im enjoying the last couple of lectures which I can view.
Thank you again.
Hi from Dublin, Ireland.
Melli, just to say a big thank you to you Matt and the rest of the team. What a great use of modern technology! I look forward to listening to the speakers each day…………just have to be mindful to actually practice as well!
Wishing you all the best down there.
Thank you Melli and all the amazingly inspiring and interesting speakers! I will miss listening to you each morning ???? take care and hope another summit such as this one happens again sometime soon!!
Those question marks were supposed to be a happy face!! Oops!! 🙂
Thank you for leaving this one and Jon’s talks available – I had a bit of sadness yesterday at it being over and worried I would go backwards in my mindfulness, as it has really taken off thanks to you and your summit 🙂 – it is nice to still be able to access this! And I don’t think I will be going backwards anyway!! (meaning forgetting to be mindful!) Thank you so much! Please let us know if you are continuing anything from this 🙂
Today is my First day of committing to listen to the 30 days of recordings . I have listened to about 7 over the last month and enjoyed reading the comments.
I am thinking of doing one day’s worth of recordings and comments over a 3 day period , so that would mean it’s a 90 day commitment.
I got so much out of Mark’s session, that I just bought his book. Loved the meditation. Thanks for the summit. It is a fantastic idea.
How grateful I am to hear Mark Williams speak on mindfulness.
Thank you for making it possible for me to connect to this practice.
THANK YOU. I love the readings. When I have time will do meditations.
Hope I can get this all in, as I seem to be late arriving to the summit.
Melie you are the sweetest.
There is no arriving late to the mindfulness summit. Just happens that the time you arrived was the perfect time for you! I started in the fall, but life got in the way, and I found that I was being very tough on myself for not being able to accomplish what they offered each day. Now I am more accepting of a slightly chaotic schedule, and am consciously carving out time to take these “small doses of regular nourishment”. Thank you, Prof. Williams, for sharing your knowledge and experience.
Thanks so much for sharing your wisdom, yes just imagine if the global consciousness embraced mindfulness………….. would be amazing
mindfulness is amazing and should be taught from pre-school age
thanks a lot dr mark williams for this wonderful journey
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Mindfulness and compassion based approach to biofeedback can help people experience change through mindful, non-judgmental awareness and compassion, providing the therapist and the client a way to work with what gets in the way of biofeedback success. In this talk, participants will learn how to apply mindfulness and compassion-based skills to their biofeedback practice in order to help their clients reap the benefits of biofeedback without getting stuck in unproductive attempts to control their internal experience.
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Explain concepts of mindfulness and compassion.
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Observe and/or experience specific mindfulness and compassion techniques.
Utilize mindfulness and compassion skills in your biofeedback practice.
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The Inna Khazan workshop looks like a great opportunity to advance the goals of the mindfulness summit and the work being done by Richard Burnett. Thanks Lawrence.
Very good presentation, but did find comments by hosting person a bit disruptive and pretty soon a distraction. Please. If these comments could be reduced better attention could be dedicated to the presenter.
Thank you for this program
Wow.. wonderful way to let people understand the mindfulness. I have listened to the recording and I must say, It is the perfect piece to make understand the meaning of life. This definately reminds us of the mindfulness meditation https://factualspirituality.com/why-meditation-dont-work/ elaborated same like him.
Good Luck with your program and keep sharing.
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