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Showing 1 to 20 of 108 for “"present moment"”.
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The present moment as home in mindfulness of God – a spiritual autoethnography
… My lived experience suggested my home was in the present moment with God. However, I was unable to be in the present because of anxiety. This led to a second question, ‘how can I reclaim my present moments from anxiety to be mindful of God?’ I discovered the roots of my anxiety lay in trauma of …
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In every given moment : the affective, cognitive and physiological concomitants of mindfulness
… - described as a heightened awareness of the present moment - nurtures inner resources for reducing stress, and improving well-being. The aim of this study was to further validate, and add to these findings by illustrating the relationship between mindfulness and affect, cognition and …
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Evaluating the Effects of Mindfulness Practice on Attentional Control and Episodic Memory
… cognitions and emotions with awareness of the present moment. Researchers and clinicians have shown the efficacy of mindfulness as a treatment for psychological disorders such as anxiety and depression and have found reductions in reported stress. Building on clinical benefits, mindfulness …
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Leadership Development Through Mindfulness Based Techniques
Mindfulness, the act of present moment non-judgmental awareness, has seen a resurgence in the business community. A centuries old tradition with roots in Eastern philosophy, leaders in the profit and non-profit world have begun incorporating some of its tenets into their practice. To understand the …
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White Sands
… The narrative loosens as it approaches the present moment. Rather than to arrive at any conclusions, my goal for creating this narrative is to understand a tension between expectations: of systematic rationality and subjective knowledge, of play and display. I understand that my work …
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Burnley: for the noumuns
… the collection attempts to situate Burnley's present moment in relation to the town's geologic and anthropologic past. The North of England has been described by Neal Alexander as a hypercomplex "social space," "a meeting place" where "borders are porous and shifting." BURNLEY: for the noumuns …
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Mindfulness and Expressive Writing in College Students with Pathological Worry
… to live life in the future rather than in the present moment. Mindfulness, a practice grounded in the acceptance of present-moment experience, can therefore be conceptualized as the antithesis of worry. Thus, the current study aimed to better understand the interplay between mindfulness and …
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Governance Changes in Four Urban School Systems: A Comparative Analysis of Preconditions for Adopting Reforms
… reforms, this question is highly relevant at the present moment.
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Mannequins: Stories and Fantasies
… through fantasy the felt realities of the present moment. It is a scientific endeavor to the extent that I seek precision and a certain objectivity in my pursuit. The success or failure of this collection is yet to be determined as that judgment rests in the hands of readers, not myself. I …
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Mindfulness-Based Art Therapy and Stress Reduction with Veterans Living in Transitional Housing
… of reduced symptoms and increased coping skills. Present moment awareness increased slightly. Art analysis indicates qualitative changes in the veteran’s self portraits including shifts in energy levels such as increased energy and shifts in mental health status. This research shows promising …
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Restoring performance : personal story, place, and memory in post-Katrina New Orleans
… of memory as embodied, connected to the present moment, and always in movement. These post-K performances engaging personal story, place, and memory take many forms: a bus tour, gutted home visitations, a communal feast, hauntings, an occupation, story sharing in community sites and in …
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Big Baby Hot, Big Baby Cold
… distressing economic conditions of the present moment. These stories often employ absurdist elements. Because of the personal history that informs my work, realism does not seem an appropriate form for me. My oldest son, in whom my emotional well-being is heavily invested, is autistic. …
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Delicate balance: what is it like for an organization consultant to work live?
… within the continuous emergence of transitory moments in order to get into aware contact with what I experience in each moment of now and with what I want to contribute to emerge in the next moment. I do this from the vantage point of what I call the living process perspective, that is, …
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Circumventing Control
… envisioning the future, and experiencing the present moment. I find that working with collage in combined analog and digital formats, allows me to experiment with images and materials in an immediate way. As a result, my studio practice has provided a way for me to circumvent the controlling …
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An Ethnography of Voodoo Tourism and Heritage Sites in New Orleans, Lousiana
<p>This thesis considers how Voodoo is presented and experienced in various tourism and heritage sites within New Orleans in the present moment. A variety of visual representations, verbal narratives and multimedia performances were documented and analyzed through participant observation. Current …
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Dancing in the void: Electronic dance music festival attendance as a path to enchantment
… love, unity, and respect (PLUR), perceived moments of sacredness, communal engagement, and anti-productive immersion in the present moment, the research identifies psychologically-beneficial elements of rave culture that could be integrated into broader societal contexts.
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New media objects: the future of electronic literature and its influence on print stylistics
… plot, and the act of reading; both at the present moment and in the future. I argue that through the process of remediation (intermediation) new media objects can achieve the cultural relevance of their print counterparts while opening the door for increased collaboration among academics …
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ACADEMIC OUTCOMES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT: THE ROLE OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS, SELF-COMPASSION, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FLEXIBILITY
… defined as “the ability to be in the present moment with full awareness and openness to our experience, and to take action guided by our values” (Harris, 2009, p.12) and self-compassion, known as “compassion turned inward and refers to how we relate to ourselves in instances of …
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HAPTIC HAPPENINGS: AN EXPLORATION OF SOUND, QUIET AND BLACKNESS
… Black visual artists and filmmakers as visual representations of haptic events. This thesis examines how the lives of the artists and specific works of art are entangled with sound and quiet and directly reflect and shape the complexities black interiority. The possibilities of the black interior …
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Carnaval de Salvador: Mercantilização e Produção de Espaços de Exclusão, Segregação e Conflito/
… the party, even expressing the most legitimate representations of the city's inhabitants, has always been a stage for intense conflicts that resulted in exclusions and segregations, especially of the poor and black population. Depending on political, economic factors and the appropriation of …
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