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Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.05,0:00:10.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,7
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.34,0:00:13.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> And people will say to us after eight weeks\Nin our Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Clinic
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.99,0:00:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the University of Massachusetts\NMedical Center that they felt
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.04,0:00:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like they got their life back in some way.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.86,0:00:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these are people with cancer of various\Nkinds, heart disease, chronic pain conditions,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.57,0:00:28.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people who've in some sense\Nnot gotten satisfaction
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.39,0:00:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the mainstream health care system.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.33,0:00:35.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And where the invitation in MBSR,\Nmindfulness based stress reduction is
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.83,0:00:41.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to actually do something for yourself that\Nno one else on the planet can do for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.76,0:00:44.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it really involves this quality
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.15,0:00:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of cultivating what I would call\Naffectionate attention or mindfulness,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.68,0:00:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're specialized ways that you\Ncan use to help facilitate that process.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.85,0:00:57.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so people who understand\Nabout meditation or have heard
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.82,0:01:01.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of meditation often think, oh,\Nyeah, it's about breathing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.28,0:01:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, yeah, it's about breathing for instance.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.96,0:01:09.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a lot of our patients when they're finished\Nwith the MBSR, and you ask them, "Well,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.77,0:01:11.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what did you get out of the program?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.29,0:01:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of them will say the breathing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.42,0:01:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I say, "Wait a minute.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.50,0:01:17.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You were breathing before\Nyou took the MBSR program.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.30,0:01:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're going to be breathing\Nfor a long time after that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.60,0:01:21.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are you talking about with the breathing?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.68,0:01:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they're not really talking\Nabout the breathing or breathing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.43,0:01:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What they're talking about\Nis my intimate relationship
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.96,0:01:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with my breath that I didn't have before.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.06,0:01:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is called awareness,\Npure and simple or mindfulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.48,0:01:40.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when you pay attention to the\Nbreath, to the rising of the breath
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.80,0:01:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the inhalation, and the\Nsensations in the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.34,0:01:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not talking about the thinking about\Nthe breath, but just the sensation of the wave
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.84,0:01:50.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the breath coming in, and then peaks,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.92,0:01:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can feel that peak not\Nbreathing in, not breathing out.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.58,0:01:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The wave of the breath leaving the body,\Nand then the trough, and then the next wave.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.51,0:02:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we ride on those waves, like\Nsurfing on the waves of the breath,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.28,0:02:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first of all, it naturally calms us down.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.93,0:02:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It naturally slows us down.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.02,0:02:14.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It naturally centers the focus of our awareness\Nin the present moment, and in the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.45,0:02:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when people talk about the breathing,\Nwhat they mean is mindfulness of breathing.