GET YOUR MONEY BACK.
SO, HE SAID HE WILL DO THAT,
TOO, IT JUST DEPENDS.
IF YOU HAVE A GOOD
QUESTION, PLEASE EMAIL IT
THROUGH WCCO.COM/LINKS.
WHAT IF WE TOLD YOU THERE
IS A WAY TO REDUCE STRESS AND
ANXIETY WHILE IMPROVING YOUR
PRODUCTIVITY AND RELATIONSHIPS,
AND IT DOES NOT HAVE TO COST A
DIME?
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ACROSS
THE COUNTRY ARE TURNING TO
SOMETHING CALLED MINDFULNESS
MEDITATION.
THE PRACTICE HAS BECOME SO
POPULAR, HUNDREDS OF HOSPITALS
NOW OFFER MEDITATION CLASSES,
INCLUDING SOME RIGHT HERE IN
MINNESOTA.
WCCO'S ANGELA DAVIS GAVE IT A
TRY.
Reporter: IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO YOU CAN TAKE YOUR GLASSES
OFF.
Reporter: THE STEPS ARE
SIMPLE.
THE SHIFT, SOME CALL THEM
REMARKABLE.
SWITCHING FROM DOING TO
BEING.
IT IS LIKE A RELIEF.
I CAN FEEL THE SENSE OF NOT
HAVING TENSION AND STRESS ABOUT
ALL THE THINGS I HAVE TO DO.
IT IS THAT ANTICIPATION LEANING
INTO THE NEXT MOMENT THAT IT
CREATES STRESS.
Reporter: ALEX HALEY TEACHES
MINDFULNESS MEDITATION AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA CENTER
FOR SPIRITUAL REALITY AND
HEALING.
ALLOW YOURSELF TO SHIFT THE
ORIENTATION OF YOUR AWARENESS.
Reporter: IT BEGINS WITH
SITTING STILL, TAKING LONG
BREATHS, AND IN SOME CASES,
SAYING A CERTAIN PHRASE TO YOUR
SELF.
LET THIS MOMENT MEAN ENOUGH.
A LOT OF WHAT I HEAR FROM MY
STUDENTS IS THAT THEY NOTICE
THAT THEY FEEL MORE CONNECTED
BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE PLEASANT.
Reporter: THIS TYPE OF
MEDITATION IS BECOMING MORE
MAINSTREAM AS LIFE BECOMES MORE
FAST-PACED.
ALLOW YOURSELF TO SETTLE IN
WITH YOUR BREATHING BODY.
Reporter: PHILOSOPHY MAJOR,
ANDREW DECKER, SAYS IT GIVES TO
BETTER CONTROL OF YOUR MOOD.
IT'S EASY TO GET CAUGHT UP
IN THE RAT RACE.
I HAVE CLASSES, WORK, ALL OF
THESE THINGS I'M SUPPOSED TO
TWO.
SOMETIMES IT'S NICE TO SIT DOWN
AND DO WHAT I WANT TO DO.
Reporter: FOLKS ARE DOING IT
AT HOME AND AT WORK.
EVERY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT
3:00, A GROUP OF HEALTH
EMPLOYEES MEET IN A CONFERENCE
ROOM TO MEDITATE.
YOU FIND A COMFORTABLE PLACE
IN YOUR CHAIR.
Reporter: THEY INVITED ME TO
JOIN A SESSION.
ALLOW THOSE MUSCLES AROUND
YOUR EYES AND TRY TO REACT.
Reporter: THE HOSPITALS AND
CLINICS STARTED OFFERING
MINDFULNESS MEDITATION CLINICS
THREE YEARS AGO.
IN RESPONSE TO PATIENTS ASKING
FOR HELP MANAGING STRESS.
I'M GOING FROM MEETING TO
MEETING TO NEXT EVENT, GET THE
DINNER, GET THE KIDS.
IT'S A SERIES OF TASKS, RATHER
THAN ACTUALLY LIVING OUR LIFE
AS FULLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN
WHILE RUNNING THROUGH IT.
BREATHE INTO YOUR NOSE
COMFORTABLY AND JELLY.
Reporter: PATTY VITALI
OVERSEES THE CLASSES.
CONSTANTLY FIRING THAT
STRESS RESPONSE OFF ALL DAY AND
FOR PEOPLE, ALL THEY'VE DONE
REPETITIVELY.
WHICH DUMPS A TON OF ADRENALINE
INTO THE BODY.
Reporter: SHE SAYS
MEDITATING 20 MINUTES PER DAY
TWICE A DAY WILL IMPROVE YOUR
PRESSURE LOWERS, RESPIRATION
LOWERS.
Reporter: AND SCIENCE
DEGREES.
IN THE LARGEST EVER ANALYSIS OF
RESEARCH ON THE SUBJECT, PEOPLE
WHO SUFFER FROM DEPRESSION AND
RECEIPT MINDFUL BASED THERAPY
WERE 31% MORE LIKELY -- LESS
LIKELY TO SUFFER A RELAPSE.
ANOTHER STUDY FOUND THAT
MINDFULNESS MEDITATION IMPROVED
ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION AFTER
EIGHT WEEKS.
RELATIONSHIPS ARE BETTER,
THEY ARE HEALTHIER.
IT IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND OTHER
PEOPLE'S POINT OF VIEW.
WE CAN REFLECT ON THIS.
Reporter: AT THE UNIVERSITY,
HALEY SAYS NEW STUDENTS ARE
SKEPTIC OF THE PACK THIS.
PEOPLE COME IN AND SAY,
WHAT?
WE ARE GOING TO JUST SIT HERE?
WHAT IS SO RADICAL ABOUT IT IS,
HOW OFTEN DO WE DO THAT?
THAT SESSION, ANGELA TOLD ME
THERE IS A 20 SESSION, SHE SAID
IT FELT LIKE FIVE MINUTES, NOT
20.
SHE REALLY DID ENJOY IT.
SHE SAYS MINDFULNESS MEDITATION
IS A SKILL THAT HAS TO BE
LEARNED.
THAT'S WHY PEOPLE ARE
ENCOURAGED TO TAKE A CLASS TO
FULLY UNDERSTAND THE PRACTICE.
LIKE YOU SAW AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA AND
ALINA HOSPITALS, THERE ARE
CLASSES.
