MBRT Weekly Homework- Week 3 | OSU Mindfulness Lab

Hello group members! Below are the audio/visual materials for your homework this week. Feel free to download any of these files for your convenience. Also don’t hesitate to reach out to mindfulnesslab@osumc.edu with any questions!

On Days 1, 3 and 5, use the Awareness of Breath (lying and sitting) and record your reactions on the Home Practice Log. This track combines lying and sitting breath meditations with mindfulness of the breath and body.
On Days 2, 4 and 6,use the Mindful Movement guided meditation or practice Mindful Walking. Record your reactions on the Home Practice Log. The point of the movements is to provide a direct way to connect with awareness of the body. The body is a place where emotions often are expressed, out of awareness. It gives us an additional place from which to examine our thoughts. If you have any back problems or other health concerns that may cause problems, make your own decision as to which (if any) of these exercises to do.
Practice using the Three-Minute Breathing Space three times a day, at set times that you have decided upon in advance, and record each time you practice by checking a 3 on the Home Practice Log.
Complete the Unpleasant Events Calendar (one entry per day) and make sure to bring your completed form to our next session. Use this as an opportunity to become really aware of the thoughts, feelings, and body sensations in one unpleasant event each day, at the time that they are occurring. Notice and record, as soon as you can, in detail (e.g. put the actual words or images in which thoughts came, and the precise nature and location of bodily sensations).What are the unpleasant events that ‘pull you off center’ or ‘get you down’ (no matter how big or small)?

– The OSU Mindfulness Team

MBRT Session 3 Participant Handout