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Mechanisms Of Mindfulness
With Cassi StarcIf you're like me, you like to know how things work. In fact, studies show knowing why we're doing something can help us stick to a new habit like meditation. By the end of this course, you will know what mindfulness is (and isn't). You will understand the latest research on the benefits of mindfulness for mental health, and you will know the key mechanisms which explain WHY and HOW mindfulness is so beneficial for our mind and body.
Discover how mindfulness changes your brain and body.
About this course
If you're like me, you like to know how things work. In fact, studies show knowing why we're doing something can help us stick to a new habit like meditation. By the end of this course, you will know what mindfulness is (and isn't). You will understand the latest research on the benefits of mindfulness for mental health, and you will know the key mechanisms which explain WHY and HOW mindfulness is so beneficial for our mind and body.
Meet your Teacher
Cassi is a Registered Occupational Therapist and Certified Yoga Teacher. She works primarily in the areas of mental health and brain injury. Cassi has seen over and over how impactful mindfulness practices have been for mental health and cognitive function, and so she is passionate about sharing these empowering tools with a wider community. During this course, Cassi aims to distill the current research down into a few key easy-to-understand highlights because knowing how things work is so important to form and maintain new habits like a mindfulness practice. And of course, it's just nice to know how things work!