Table 1 A review of the content of MBSR training sessions
From: Effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction training on rumination in patients with breast cancer
First session | Introduction, introducing participants to each other, and starting conversations, the raisin meditation (eating raisins with the full involvement of the senses of smell, taste, sight and touch) |
Second session | Body scan meditation, discuss the dealing with obstacles (such as restlessness and mind wandering), solutions (non-judgment and letting go of disturbing thoughts) and the difference between thoughts and feelings |
Third session | Mindful seeing, smelling and listening (focusing of seeing, smelling and listening without any judgment or criticism) |
Forth session | Sitting meditation with an emphasis on breathing, body sounds and thoughts (also called 4D meditation) |
Fifth session | Sitting meditation, (on the subject of mindfulness about breathing, body, sounds, and thoughts), mindful movements, training and exercising the acceptance meditation and evaluating the negative automatic thoughts |
Sixth session | Awareness of thoughts (thoughts are not facts,), allowing negative and positive thoughts to enter the mind and efficiently removing them from the mind |
Seventh session | Taking care of yourself (what is the best way to take care of myself?), 4D meditation, and awareness about everything that comes to mind at the present moment |
Eighth session | Sitting meditation, review all prior sessions and summarizing the program, discussion on how to incorporating mindfulness in daily life, congratulate yourself for reaching this point |