Journal of Outdoor Recreation Education and Leadership
September 22, 2023
Mike Banaag, Paul T. Stuhr
2 citations
An argument can be made that integrating mindfulness practices (MPs) into Outdoor Adventure (OA) programming can help students develop and expand on a variety of social and emotional attributes, such as stress reduction, awareness of the present moment, relationship skills, and maintaining psychosocial equilibrium. However, there is a paucity of empirical inquiry that specifically aims to...
California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Journal
June 9, 2023
Paul T. Stuhr, Svetlanna Joan Vicente
Background: Mindful self-compassion practices (MSCP) are a type of contemplative exercise akin to mindful meditation. Yoga and Pilates are two movement-based mindfulness activities that have been linked to an assortment of desired mental and physical outcomes. However, there is a dearth of empirical inquiry for which MSCP has been combined with yoga or Pilates in an effort to promote stress...
California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Journal
May 13, 2022
Paul T. Stuhr, Erica Rammell, Mckayla Magadan
One way to view mindfulness is the ability to become fully immersed in the present moment. Mindful awareness is being able to recognize thoughts, sounds, sensations, and emotions as they occur in the here and now. Mindfulness as a movement practice originated in the Far East and has become mainstream in today’s Western culture through popular meditative exercises such as yoga, tai chi, and...
California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Journal
May 11, 2018
Paul T. Stuhr, Jocelyn C. Ahlers, Jennifer Jeffries et al.
Mindfulness is a type of contemplative practice that presents opportunity to focus one’s attention on the present moment for reasons of personal health enhancement. As a construct, mindfulness is the conscious and nonjudgmental realization of one’s moment-by-moment thoughts and experiences. Mindfulness practices could be quite useful in helping to enhance an assortment of social and emotional...
California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Journal
January 13, 2017
Paul T. Stuhr, Marie D. Thomas
Mindfulness is a form of focused attention on the present moment. Kabat-Zinn (2003) defined mindfulness as, “the awareness that emerges through paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally to the unfolding of experience moment by mo-ment” (p. 145). There is promising evidence suggesting that mindfulness can be used as a valid practice or tool in education to promote...