Positive Psychology: Breathing Meditation with Thich Nhat Hanh

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Breathing Meditation with Thich Nhat Hanh

Breathing meditation filmed on retreat in Vietnam spring 2007. English translation by Sr. Dang Nghiem. This clip is from the movie "Each of My Steps is a Prayer". Available in high quality from Parallax Press on the "Mindful Living Every Day"

Positive Psychology given credence by Academia:

Positive psychology is the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive.

Commentators on the subject Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, note that:

"The field of positive psychology at the subjective level is about valued subjective experiences: well-being, contentment, and satisfaction (in the past); hope and optimism (for the future); and flow and happiness (in the present).

At the individual level, it is about positive individual traits: the capacity for love and vocation, courage, interpersonal skill, aesthetic sensibility, perseverance, forgiveness, originality, future mindedness, spirituality, high talent, and wisdom.

At the group level, it is about the civic virtues and the institutions that move individuals toward better citizenship: responsibility, nurturance, altruism, civility, moderation,tolerance, and work ethic."