Bubble Mindfulness workshop
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The Science of Gratitude
Research shows gratitude isn’t just a pleasant feeling--
being grateful can also support greater health, happiness, and wisdom in ourselves and our communities.
Article by Misty Pratt
Research shows gratitude isn’t just a pleasant feeling--
being grateful can also support greater health, happiness, and wisdom in ourselves and our communities.
Article by Misty Pratt
In the past two decades, a growing body of evidence in the field of social science has found that gratitude has measurable benefits for just about every area of our lives. Gratitude appears to contribute substantially to individual well-being and physical health. So much so that the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley—a leader in research on the science of social and emotional well-being—describes gratitude as the “social glue” key to building and nurturing strong relationships.
Robert Emmons, professor of psychology at the University of California, Davis, and one of the world’s leading experts on the science of gratitude, defines gratitude as having two parts. The first is an affirmation of goodness: People can learn to wake up to the good around them and notice the gifts they have received. The second part of gratitude is recognizing that the source of this goodness rests outside of oneself—that we receive these gifts from other people, and sometimes from a higher power, fate, or the natural world. In other words, gratitude helps people realize that they wouldn’t be where they are without the help of others.
Gratitude is more than just a momentary good feeling. Scientists who have studied written gratitude interventions, such as gratitude letters or journals, have found benefits for an individual’s mental health and well-being. Gratitude practices also appear to help you feel more satisfied in life and can boost your self-esteem, according to peer-reviewed research.
This soothing of the nervous system may be one mechanism by which gratitude works to calm the body. A study of heart-failure patients who were randomly assigned to either an eight-week gratitude-journaling group or a treatment-as-usual group found that patients in the gratitude group showed more parasympathetic heart-rate variability, which is a sign of better heart health...
Robert Emmons, professor of psychology at the University of California, Davis, and one of the world’s leading experts on the science of gratitude, defines gratitude as having two parts. The first is an affirmation of goodness: People can learn to wake up to the good around them and notice the gifts they have received. The second part of gratitude is recognizing that the source of this goodness rests outside of oneself—that we receive these gifts from other people, and sometimes from a higher power, fate, or the natural world. In other words, gratitude helps people realize that they wouldn’t be where they are without the help of others.
Gratitude is more than just a momentary good feeling. Scientists who have studied written gratitude interventions, such as gratitude letters or journals, have found benefits for an individual’s mental health and well-being. Gratitude practices also appear to help you feel more satisfied in life and can boost your self-esteem, according to peer-reviewed research.
This soothing of the nervous system may be one mechanism by which gratitude works to calm the body. A study of heart-failure patients who were randomly assigned to either an eight-week gratitude-journaling group or a treatment-as-usual group found that patients in the gratitude group showed more parasympathetic heart-rate variability, which is a sign of better heart health...
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh is a global spiritual leader, poet and peace activist, revered around the world for his pioneering teachings on mindfulness, global ethics and peace.
Ten Percent Happier
It's a website, it's a podcast, it's an app.
Free guided mediations and podcasts on their website and on podcast platforms.
It's a website, it's a podcast, it's an app.
Free guided mediations and podcasts on their website and on podcast platforms.
Mindfulness allows us to create a sense of expansiveness in the way we look at the world, as it allows us to realize that awareness can be found in any moment. The same is true of real love: we are not lost in a single-pointed fantasy about the object of our infatuation, nor are we overwhelmed by despair. The Buddha said, “The mind will get filled with qualities like mindfulness, like lovingkindness, moment by moment — just the way a bucket gets filled with water drop by drop.” - Sharon Salzberg, from her essay, The Irony of Attachment
Sharon Salzberg is one of the original three young Americans who traveled to India in the 1960s and ‘70s and introduced Buddhist meditation into mainstream Western culture. She is a globally renowned meditation teacher and co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts. Her books include Real Happiness, Lovingkindness, and most recently, Real Change: Mindfulness To Heal Ourselves and the World.
Blowing Bubbles Meditation with Sharon Salzberg
bubble solution
recipe
We've tested and researched a wide range of recipes and ingredients for bubble making and have found the following recipe to be the best fit for making the biggest bubbles in our humidity and climate.
4 cups warm water
1/2 Tbsp baking powder
1/8 tsp J-Lube
1/2 Tbsp vegetable glycerin
1/4 cup Dawn dish soap
Pour warm water into a bucket. Stir in the baking powder and J-Lube. Then gently stir in the glycerin and dish soap.
Tips for getting the most from your solution and making big bubbles every time:
Slow and gentle movements keep the solution from sloshing around and give your bubbles a buoyant beginning.
Avoid agitation and suds in the solution and on the bubble wand.
For best results keep bubble solution and bubble toys free of dirt and debris.
4 cups warm water
1/2 Tbsp baking powder
1/8 tsp J-Lube
1/2 Tbsp vegetable glycerin
1/4 cup Dawn dish soap
Pour warm water into a bucket. Stir in the baking powder and J-Lube. Then gently stir in the glycerin and dish soap.
Tips for getting the most from your solution and making big bubbles every time:
Slow and gentle movements keep the solution from sloshing around and give your bubbles a buoyant beginning.
Avoid agitation and suds in the solution and on the bubble wand.
For best results keep bubble solution and bubble toys free of dirt and debris.
