MINDFULNESS

Mindfulness

Mindfulness is being fully aware of your experience in the present moment, in other words what is happening in your mind and body in the present moment, without being swept away by it.

How often during the day does something happen where we have strong reactions, someone looks at us with a scornful face, our children are crying, work is stressful.  As a result we may go into a highly emotionally charged state which can be exhausting, affect our overall health and our relationships.

Mindfulness allows us to recognise stress signs early and instead of being carried away by overwhelming emotions, worrying about the future or ruminating about the past, we can stop...come back to our present moment experience and act wisely.

Mindlessness - is akin to that old expression 'running around like a headless chicken' - those times when we are running on automatic pilot, reaching our destination without knowing how we got there, getting swept away by our thoughts and emotions, having daily knee-jerk reactions to our thoughts and to people and situations in our lives. Sometimes not knowing where we are in our life and how we got there!

MINDFULNESS CAN HELP

Mindfulness has now been scientifically proven to help with stress, anxiety, depression and a variety of health issues.  Mindfulness and Meditation is now regarded as fitness for the mind and found in hospitals, businesses, schools and many other walks of life.  

SO WHY THE MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION PROGRAM

The Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program was developed by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn.  This is an eight week program with a one day workshop. It is now recommended by doctors and health care professionals all over the world. Indeed it has been shown that after 8 weeks of mindfulness and meditation the brain structure changes.  Areas associates with anxiety, stress and depression shrink, while areas associates with calm and well-being grow.  On this course meditation CD's are provided.

We don't see the world as it is...we see it as we are"  Anais Nin