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Open to the Present Moment
With Kelly McGonigal, PhD
In this mindfulness challenge, learn how to use your breath as an anchor to the present moment and incorporate movement to explore sensation of your body.
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About Kelly McGonigal, PhD
Kelly McGonigal is a health psychologist and lecturer at Stanford University who specializes in understanding the mind-body connection. Her mission is to translate insights from psychology and neuroscience into practical strategies that support personal well-being and strengthen communities. She is the best-selling author of The Willpower Instinct and The Upside of Stress. Through the Stanford Center for Compassion and Altruism, she helped create Stanford Compassion Cultivation Training, a program now taught around the world that helps individuals strengthen their empathy, compassion, and self-compassion. You might know her from her TED talk, "How to Make Stress Your Friend," which is one of the most viewed TED talks of all time, with over 20 million views.
Her new book, The Joy of Movement, explores why physical exercise is a powerful antidote to the modern epidemics of depression, anxiety, and loneliness. You can learn more about Dr. McGonigal and her work at her website.
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What perfect timing for this summit. Thank you from North Carolina. ❤
Thank you from Michigan!
Thank you for a wonderful introduction to another day of social distancing. Giving us a gentle reminder to bring our attention to what sustains us ~ our breath, and to use it to honor our sustainability.
Thank you. It helped center and calm me after a full day. So simple.
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Dear Kelly,
That was lovely and such a wonderful start to the summit.
Lovely, thank you.
A perfect way to ground and bring mindful awareness to the body and mind. Thank you!
Thanks for your mindful presence.
Thank you! From Vernon, BC Canada
Thank you!! from San Diego, CA
Appreciate the guidance and gentle reminders. Thank you
Thank you for this! I have meditated for years, and I appreciate the importance of the breath. Adding your simple movements felt terrific. So helpful during these stressful times. Also, your compassion training program sounds fascinating. It couldn’t be more timely.
lovely and peaceful. Thanks
Mindfulness practice helps me to believe that I am ok and that everything will be OK. It provides the calm to move forward with confidence ! Thank you!
Lovely short practice.
Really liked connecting the breath with the body and raising and dropping arms. Thought this helped to strengthen the connection between the two.
Great way to start a day and also to restart!
Just what I needed. A quick reset to keep my day going, brought me back to my center. I did notice during my breathing my whole body shifted and relaxed. Thank you.
I loved “Let yourself be breathed”!
An excellent way to be present !!!! attention and intention as a road in my life! Thanks!
Here in Germany it is allready the second half of the day. This practice was a nice opportunitiy to pause and re-center. Thank you!
It was very perfect. It helps me a lot. Sometimes, I lost my concentration. I hope that I can improve it day by day.
Short< sweet and awesome!!!!!
This was a perfect way to start the day. Thank you!
This practice wad very soothing! Thank you for sharing.
Perfect way to start off this morning. Thank you.
Beautiful practice, Kelly. Thank you for holding this space.
Thank you! I will take this with me on my daily walks and find a spot to remember to stop, breath and practice this!
At a time when something as simple as breath is so impactful … It’s so good to stop a moment and feel how impactful it is… thank you!
This was such a calm and easy meditation to do this morning. I actually noticed that incorporating movement in my arms caused my breath to become deeper, because I was intentionally moving them not just swinging them. Sometimes when I’m focusing on my breath I feel I can’t take deep breaths, but now I know movement can help my breathing. Love this!!
Thank you for this opportunity to slow down, blessed to have it!
Thank you from Toronto, Canada.
I love this! Short n sweet and effective! Exactly what I needed! I will have to check out Dr. McGonigal’s other work of art too! Thank you!