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Core Mindfulness WHAT SKILLS & OBSERVE
The WHAT Skills include: OBSERVEDESCRIBEPARTICIPATE (The WHAT Skills are used in order.)
I use the WHAT Skills to:
get into Wise Mind
stay in Wise Mind
The WHAT Skills help me:
become aware of what I think, feel, want, and do
understand and make sense of things inside and outside of me
If I don’t know what’s going on, I won’t know how to change it. Observe (OBS)—To notice or pay attention
When I OBSERVE, I:
o focusmyconcentration
o makethechoicetopayattention o use my senses
I am NOT clinging to or changing anything. I can notice something and let it go just like clouds passing in the sky and waves moving in the ocean.
I can OBSERVE things INSIDE of me
o What am I thinking?
o What am I feeling inside my body? How is my body reacting? o What am I feeling emotionally?
o What do I want to do or what am I being pulled to do?
I can OBSERVE things OUTSIDE of me with my 5 senses o What do I see?
o What can I taste?
o What do I hear?
o What can I touch or feel? o What do I smell?
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