11 questions
What is mindfulness?
Living in the now, practicing kindness without judgement, meditating, and learning how your brain works.
Thinking of negative memories, worries, thoughts. Also, only being kind to people that are respectful of you. Last, meditation.
Being fun, making fun of people, meditating, not really caring about the environment or other people.
Living in the now, focusing on negative thoughts and bad memories, and meditating.
This part of your brain deals with memory...
Prefrontal cortex
Amygdala
Hippocampus
Fight or flight
This part of your brain makes most of the decisions when it is not angry, scared, anxious, or worried.
Pre-frontal Cortex
Amygdala
Hippocampus
Memory
This part of your brain shrinks when you get mad, nervous, or anxious. This part blocks the connection from the hippo campus to the brain if you are scared or angry. This part of the brain can save you from an emergency, or block the thought patterns you need to make the right decision.
Amygdala
Hippocampus
Pre-frontal Cortex
Memory
True or False
Meditation can help your amygdala open up to make the connection it needs to your Pre-frontal Cortex.
True
False
True or False
You can be mindful without practicing kindness.
True
False
When you think of bad memories, negative thoughts we are wasting our energy.
True
False
True or False
A human's Pre-frontal Cortex does not develop till they are 25.
True
False
Mindful or Unmindful
You stop to notice the little things in life, like the leaves turning different colors in the fall. Or the fact you are breathing.
Mindful
Unmindful
Mindful or Unmindful
You stay in bad memories and thoughts and you let them ruin your day.
Mindful
Unmindful
How can you help control your AMYGDALA from shrinking and blocking the connections to your brain.
Focusing on your breathing, being present, spend your mind's energy focusing on the goodness of life and away from the negative.
Overthinking, staying anxious.
You practice kindness and avoid your problems.
You meditate and then let your mind wander to bad memories or negative thoughts that end up ruining your day.