Mindfulness-Based Tactical Resilience
This series is meant to be a thorough introduction to mindfulness – tracking what mindfulness is, how it applies to first responders, the what and how of meditation, and practical ways to begin enhancing your capacity for mindfulness, elasticity, and recovery throughout your days.
Throughout this series you will learn skills and practices to decrease stress, enhance brain growth, sleep better, grow muscle faster, and increase overall life satisfaction.
You are encouraged to actually PRACTICE what you learn in order to build HABITS of resilience and wellness that stick.
In episode 1 learn what mindfulness is and how it impacts public safety.
Episode 1: Mindfulness for Warriors
Mindfulness is not just about knowing what’s happening but actually having a CHOICE in who we are and how we engage with our lives.
You can’t change what you don’t see.
And mindfulness, presence, a strong capacity for attention, let’s us truly see ourselves, our mindsets, our actions, and the world around us so we have the choice to change what needs changing.
In episode 2, learn why meditation, the formal practice of mindfulness, works especially in public safety and how it truly is the Warrior’s Path.
Episode 2: Why Meditation
Meditation is not some woo-woo, hippy crap for people who live in caves.
It is, quite literally, auxiliary training for the brain and mind that increases resilience, decreases stress, aids in better sleep, enhanced emotional intelligence, better performance under pressure, more connected relationships, AND it helps us age better and live happier.
The challenge we offer you today is not to start a meditation practice but just to be willing to take a look at any resistance you feel to even TRYING it. If it could make your life FEEL better, is it worth a shot?
The easy path is the one you already know. The Warrior’s Path is the one that demands courage and a willingness to face the unknown. Which will you choose?
In episode 3 learn the basics of meditation and enjoy dispelling the myths that often keep people from even trying.
Episode 3: HOW to Meditate
Take the meditation challenge!
Start with as little as 2 minutes a day. Build the habit. Enhance your mind and your resilience.
YOU ARE WORTH IT.
Meditation is also only one way to practice and train yourself in the skill of mindful attention. In fact, it is the only FORMAL practice; however, mindfulness can truly be practiced any time and anywhere no matter what you are doing. It is about the HOW not the WHAT.
In episode 4 learn about playful and practical ways to grow your capacity for mindfulness that help bring the skill of mindfulness out of a meditation practice and into your every day life.
Episode 4: Playful Mindfulness Practices
After 13 years of teaching mindfulness, meditation, and stress resilience, I am well-aware that not everyone is going to pick up a meditation practice today.
So this week’s training offers playful ways to start incorporating mindful moments into your day to day no matter how busy your routine.
The challenge is to pick one task or experience each day to do mindfully. Choose one of the playful ways offered in the video above or simply choose one daily task like showering, brushing your teeth, or driving to work. Bringing mindful attention to anything is like bicep curling our power to be mindful. Every time you lose your focus, bring whatever you’re paying attention to back into your sights. That’s it!
While it’s wonderful to take in new information, we don’t begin changing our bodies and healing our nervous systems until we actually INCORPORATE these practices and skills into our routines building habits and rituals that keep us healthy long into retirement.
So in our last episode, learn PRACTICAL ways to begin incorporating breath practices into your daily routine.
These simple moments of conscious breathing are one of the single most powerful tools for eliminating stress hormones from the body and brain and creating a sense of inner calm and satisfaction amidst the chaos of our outer worlds.
Simple mindfulness tips: