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**Chapter 3**

**Abstract**

Meditations

transform, grow and heal.

field of formal meditations.

emotional storytelling

**1. Introduction**

ers of stories [1].

*José Jesús Vargas Delgado*

Storytelling Mindfulness:

Storytelling Program for

Our chapter aims to design an empirical program for the best use of storytelling for construction, verbalization, meditations with different objectives: mindfulness and the art of storytelling. Why storytelling mindfulness? Storytelling is dynamic, imaginative, and interactive. It has a way of reaching a part of the mind and body that integrates us and helps us feel whole. It deepens our understanding of who we are and the skills we already have inside. I truly believe that at our core we are playful, imaginative beings and that this part of ourselves is what allows us to

**Keywords:** storytelling mindfulness, meditations, mind, metaphors, storytelling,

The story is one of the oldest and deepest forms of human communication. Recently, the art of storytelling became a business technique from the Anglo-Saxon concept storytelling. Since the 90s, it has been transferred as a technique, to political, business communication, advertising and other areas of business [1]. Our contribution consists of applying it to mindfulness, and more specifically to the

The human being by nature is a great accountant and generator of stories. Since the beginning of time, he has needed and avidly wanted to listen to stories to make sense of his surroundings, of life, of his own identity, and of his emotions. In the words of Antonio Núñez, we are customs of stories. We are all creators and consum-

The great anthropological, religious and mythological narratives have given meaning to the life of the human being for centuries. Today, hundreds of fragmented narratives converge in formats, which continue to feed the need of the human being to create their identity and observation of their conscience.

and more concretely in the formal practices of meditation.

As Núñez explains, a story is not a mere story for children or a legend. It conveys a universal truth, emotions and sensations. A story is able to give meaning to our lives and shed light on what we do not understand. [1]. And of course it is a great channel for the generation of meditations and to be able to apply it to mindfulness,

The investigations of Jiménez and Martínez [2] determine that with storytelling, it is about making communication a narrative process. In a world saturated with

## **Chapter 3**
