I've been practicing mindfulness meditation everyday for a month now. If someone had told me a month ago that I'd ever feel happy again, I wouldn't have believed them. But, here after a month I am feeling much better, pretty much healed from all the trauma, anxiety, depression etc. Be happy, and mindful, everyone!

One of the best TED talks ever. (and I didn't comment while listening)

"Mindfulness is not a mystical way of being, you don't have to be a monk or a millionaire. Very simply, mindfulness is the practice of paying attention to the present moment, on purpose, with an attitude of non judgment." (9:23). good speech!

The exercise at the end was incredible. That lowed my anxiety ❤️❤️❤️❤️

I recommend trying mindfulness meditation for helping with stress and anxiety, it has certainly helped me. There is a lot of research backing it up. The studies show that mindfulness reduces stress, anxiety, depression, makes you more happy, present, and deal with everyday situations better. The prefrontal cortex and hippo-campus (focus and memory) become thicker and denser, the amygdala (which is associated with fear and anxiety) shrinks.

Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy, healthy and rewarding life.

Excellent explanation. One of the best TED talks on mindfulness. Well done 👏

My three year old daughter asks to listen to this every single night when I put her to bed. We lay together and listen to the beautiful music and the peaceful rain. She has never been able to stay awake long enough to hear the music after 5 minutes. It knocks her out every single tim

I paid attention to something for 16 minutes! VERY COOL!

Mindfulness is a gift we give to ourselves

thank you for explaining the importance of mindfulness in an easy to understand way. shook that people prefer shock over silence. we need to start the conversation about mindfulness and empathy, we all struggle.

Before meditation i always wander in my thoughts. It was funny because i create incredible historys that i can only create when i have time, i love fantasize about everything. Mindfullnes help me a lot to be happier in the present, but it's not like i was sad in my thoughts. So maybe it's not so much the thought the problem but what it was about. After all in your mind you can be the rich and poor depending what you imagine.

Wouuu! Every time a listen to a conference about Mindfulness I tend to think "that is the best I've heard", I recommend you: Don’t try to be mindful | Daron Larson | TEDxColumbus

Absolutely loved this video. Thank you so much for this valuable information Sam. Lots of love from an Australian 🇦🇺😀

Plot twist: he was the one who pushed the button 190 times

insightful and glad im on the right track with a book on mindfulness

Very informative talk! I have been struggling with anxiety and depression for months now. I struggle to fall asleep, get woken up easily and feeling lethargic at every waking moment. My muscles are always engaged and contracted which makes me sweat very easily whenever i am put in the spotlight. I feel powerless to change my situation and i keep going back to doom scrolling or binge watching youtube despite knowing that it will only worsen my situation. But from today onwards, i will practice mindfulness throughout the day and have a 15 minutes meditation session before going to bed. Hopefully i can follow through with these habits and turn my life around.

Thank you for sharing all the fun facts! This video is truly a blessing. Namaste

Attention is our most important tool in life.

That was a great presentation; it was as if he was talking to you directly.

I am better person when i realize next coming new moment of changing better self ! Longlive

One of the top 5 TED talks in my opinion!

Our life is shaped by our mind, for we become what we think. 💭

Sometimes.. Pain is less paingul than thinking.. So relateable..

Thank you! Sincerely!

Most of them who are watching this video are extending their focus on comment section like me

Wow! Great video. Strong presence on stage, valuable information, delivered in a clear and useful way. As a therapist working with children, teens and families, I use a CBT approach, and blend it with a considerable amount of mindfulness. I will share this video with others. Well done.

impressive, well done, it does work, do it daily, as many times as possible...and breathe

i've been trying meditation, but this time i can fee that this is work, Thank you so much

One time my mind wandered was to think I want to give this one a thumbs up. Love the lung stats.

Great video. Great lesson. Thanks

Nothing can even more be better in getting my attention and make me listen is a good o'l stage humour 😊

Awesome. Thanks.

11:00 Sam is right. Mindfullness makes us understand others better.

Really a Good talk, Guruji (we call it for a teacher/master).

The mindfulness book "30 Days to Reduce Anxiety" by Harper Daniels is good. It has 30 exercises for meditation and mindfulness that are helpful and practical.

this is beautiful - BRILLIANT knowledge

Mindfulness is one of main concepts in Buddhist philosophy, where has been widely practicing nearly 2600 years.

very good talk well said. Thanks Sam

So grateful for this

Sam, Thank you very much - Nice presentation !!!!

Felt so good after so long ❤

This is by far the best talk on mindfulness I've ever heard

Excellent!!!

Very accurate choice of technology. Perfect. Thank you!

One of the best Ted talks

Thankyou for teaching me mindfulness

Pain feels less painful than thinking. This 🔥🔥🔥

Great Talk!

This is actually very surprising for me. How did we turn into a society where people cannot be alone for 15 minutes without feeling uncomfortable ?

Cognitive illusions and multitasking raise the stress.. Great job...

its lovely so help full God Bless You Sam Tc Dear 🥰 😇

I loved this guy! Om Shanti.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge

Love this. Going to do it daily 😊

Thank you so much for this very helpful talk.

Thank you, this was very interesting 😊 much appreciated 🙏

Thank you Gautam Buddha for bringing mindfulness and meditation to us

Thank you so very much!!! 💙

Definitely one of the best .

i give this guy a big thumbs up!!👍

Feels so good

This is a soothing talk. Reminded me of master Oogway from Kungfu Panda.

Brilliant thanks 🙏

Thanks.

thanks!

11:00 wonderful.!❤️

I really enjoyed this Ted's talk. Thank you guys.

Aim justifies the means. Aim is for wisdom & the means is the Three Fold Training to delete the three defelaments from mind. It start with mindfulness. Meditation that follows is for the mind to be still at equanimity to see arya wisdom. 🇹🇭👍🎶👀👌🏼

Awesome.

9:45 This hits deep

Thank you❤

Mindfulness is asia contribution to the world.

thank you a very nice talk

nose breathing : calm and focussed mouth breathing : no attention, multitasking , not doing any thing well always breathe through your nose slow and deep

Nice talk,I am impressed and it's very useful for me

Thank you

Wow.... nearing the end...Wow

Good Job, I want to thank you great video appreciate

Awesome

thank you

How mindfulness and dance can stimulate a part of the brain that can improve mental health ---- Activating the somatosensory cortex may help us connect to our bodies, develop our sensitivity, sensuality and capacity to feel pleasure. --------------------------------------- Like a thick velvety headband, the somatosensory cortex arcs across the top of brain from just above one ear to the other. I fell in love with the brain as an undergraduate student and pursued a career in neuroscience, but for years I had largely ignored this structure, since it appeared to be involved “only” in processing of bodily sensations. In my mind, that meant it was not as fascinating as areas implicated in emotion or higher cognitive function. However, over the past decade, during my training in mindfulness-based interventions and dance movement therapy, I’ve come to realize that a well-functioning and developed somatosensory cortex may help us experience the world and ourselves more deeply and completely. It may enrich our emotional experience and improve our mental health. For decades, the somatosensory cortex was considered to only be responsible for processing sensory information from various body parts. However, recently it became apparent that this structure is also involved in various stages of emotion processing, including recognizing, generating and regulating emotions. Moreover, structural and functional changes in the somatosensory cortex have been found in individuals diagnosed with depression, anxiety and psychotic disorders. These studies suggest that the somatosensory cortex may be a treatment target for certain mental health problems, as well as for preventive measures. Some researchers have even suggested neuromodulation of the somatosensory cortex with transcranial magnetic stimulation or deep brain stimulation. However, before we decide to use an invasive technology, we may want to consider mindfulness-based interventions, dance movement therapy or other body-centred approaches to psychotherapy. These methods use the entire body to enhance sensory, breath and movement awareness. Those factors can enhance overall self-awareness, which contributes to improvement of mental health through potential reorganization of the somatosensory cortex. Functional significance of the somatosensory cortex One of the amazing qualities of the somatosensory cortex is its pronounced plasticity - the ability to reorganize and enlarge with practice (or atrophy without practice). This plasticity is critical when we consider mindfulness-based interventions and dance movement therapy because, as mentioned above, through working directly with the body sensations and movement, we can modify the somatosensory cortex. Another important aspect is its numerous connections with other areas of the brain. In other words, the somatosensory cortex has a power to affect other brain regions, which in turn affect other regions, and so on. The brain is heavily interconnected and none of its parts acts in isolation. The somatosensory cortex receives information from the entire body, such that the left part of the cortex processes information from the right side of the body and vice versa. However, the proportion of the cortex devoted to a particular part of the body depends on its functional importance rather than its physical size. For example, a large proportion of the somatosensory cortex is devoted to our hands, and so just moving and feeling our hands might be an interesting option for dance therapy for those with restricted mobility. The somatosensory cortex mediates exteroception (touch, pressure, temperature, pain, etc.), proprioception (postural and movement information) and interoception (sensations inside the body, often related to the physiological body states, such as hunger and thirst), although its role in the interoceptive awareness is only partial. The somatosensory cortex and emotion A scent, a song or an image can suddenly bring a deeply buried and forgotten event to mind. Similarly, feeling a texture - like cashmere - against our skin, or moving our body in a certain way (such as doing a backbend, or rocking back and forth) can do the same and more. It can bring repressed memories to the surface, provoke emotional reactions, and create state shifts. This is one of the superpowers of mindfulness-based interventions and dance movement therapy. This response is mediated via the somatosensory cortex, just like emotional and cognitive reactions to a song are mediated via the auditory cortex, and reactions to scents are mediated via the olfactory cortex. Nevertheless, if the information stopped flowing at a purely sensory level (what we feel, hear, see, taste and smell), then a significant portion of the emotional and cognitive consequences would be lost.

Wow I love it

Idriss Aberkane speaks at At = attention x time at maximum as the basic unit of the information economy.

i like the last part

Amazing

Awesome ❤❤

Süperrr 👏👏👏👏

Great 👍

Interesting topic.

This was nice.

What he landed up to his speech with wao factor 😍

Good talk, touched upon a few crucial points by referring to research studies. But would've loved if the speaker could've touched upon two things: 1. If mind wandering indeed has its own benifits like creative thinking, planning etc, so by practicing mindfulness are we forgoing those benefits? 2. By paying attention to the present moment, how can one be non judgemental? Isn't it natural? I feel it's important to learn to disregard the unecessary judgements and keep getting back our attention to the present moment. Would be helpful if anyone can contribute to these dilemmas.

repeated this videos several times because i wasnt focusing

Brilliant

Maha maha maha thanx

Can u repeat that I kinda zoned out

paying attention = embracing[take] the challenge.

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Great regards from dr Heera Lal dayma MBBS dausa raj india ❤🙏🙏🌹🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🙏