Matthew Tift, PhD, RYT
- Teach meditation in prisons
- Yoga instructor
- Core contributor since 2010
- CMI, Olivero, many articles
- Drupal developer at Lullabot
E&E budget
“A course on Mindfulness Meditation (or similar)”
Mindfulness science
- Increased concentration
- Self-compassion
- Better sleep quality
- Reduced anxiety
- Improved memory
Drupal problems?
- Ethical choices
- Leadership
- Contributors
- Stress
- Deadlines
Redefining our relationship to problems
Not comforting
It’s up to you to do the work
Mindful Communities
- Improved relationships
- Interconnectedness
- Acknowledge differences
- Listening skills
- “greater good”
- “worthy of contribution”
- “care deeply about others”
- “critical listening”
Establish attention in the present
Pause for 1 minute
Before (or during) a meeting
Feedback
- What’s your motivation?
- Ask permission
- Right time
- Right place
- Stick to the facts
We control our actions
Not the outcome
Thread Slack conversations
Try it
Don’t take my word for it
