Mindfulness

Mindfulness is a very effective but simple form of meditation.

Mindfulness is trending. This does not mean it is light-weight in value or that it will fade away in a few years’ time. In fact, mindfulness has been practised for several thousand years and possibly more. So, for those who find it, mindfulness is real, valuable and here to stay.

The reason mindfulness has reached the front of the array of techniques we can self-practise to provide alternative help is that it works in the mind, which in turn controls everything else in your body from muscle tension to your immune system. We recognise, today, that our minds are overloaded: i.e. stressed - suffering anxiety, tension, depression, insecurity or one of many other toxic mental pollutants.

These mental pollutants are brewed up by ourselves as a result of the lives we think we should lead. We worry what the neighbours think of our front garden. We over-spend on things to keep up with others and need a higher paying job which carries more stress than our last one. We want to look like we are doing well, never mind the internal cost. Parents push their children to do well at school when thirty one out of thirty two will not be first in class. We lit the flames in which we are now frying and we propelled ourselves into them. It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad world.

Mindfulness is stepping off that treadmill for a few minutes and noticing the flowers, the birds, the weather, the changing seasons. Mindfulness is looking at an opened can of fizzy drink and imagining the bubbles inside. Mindfulness is feeling the wind or rain on your face. Mindfulness is walking on gravel and seeing a close-up view of the individual stones crunching together as you step on them while you feel them underfoot. Mindfulness can be as simple as noticing your own breathing.

It can take a little releasing before you can do this; your mind may be like a mad monkey, chattering as it jumps between distractions. You may not be able to start until you have dealt with other issues which block you. I can help you with this.

Mindfulness is a very effective but simple form of meditation. I am a qualified meditation teacher and mindfulness is one of the techniques I teach.

To get started, contact me and ask how I can help.