Everyday Mindfulness

Thanks, I am trying to vary my practice, doing sound meditation,mindful movement and will do more turning towards difficulties meditation. The body scan has helped me to locate sensations when my anxiety triggers. I need to welcome the anxiety instead of fighting it. I am fighting it still and it wo...

Thanks for the replies Jon. Mindfulness has helped me a lot with my mental problem. Maybe I am expecting too much from it. A deeply entrenched mental illness (20 years) isn't going to disappear. Maybe it is a disconnect between mind & body. I have tried walking meditation but stopped doing it. I...

Soften soothe allow is the same as turning towards difficulties meditation really. I need to practice those but I suppose my fear stops me from doing it. Instead I play safe with body scans,metta,breath and recently started doing sounds meditations. I have tried the soften ones a few times and they ...

I have the peace in a frantic world book and jkz book but I haven't followed them structurally in 8 week course. I have done most of the meditations but tend to stay away from turning towards difficulties meditation or soften soothe allow type meditations. I think where i go wrong is I think about w...

I have tried some techniques like feet on the floor grounding which has helped but I find it difficult as i work in an office and am busy. I have tried mindful breathing but i get obsessive on that and that makes me feel worse in that situation. I also do mindful movement stretching in the bathroom ...

No its whenever i am in a room that i perceive to be hot. If i meditate in a room like that i usuallly calm down a bit.

Hi, this might seem strange but what triggers my anxiety is when i'm inside and the room feels warm I feel very uncomfortable and start to obsess about the feelings I have around feeling hot. It's like my body has a thermometer and the uncomfortable feelings begin when the room is warm. I don't get ...

Thanks for that interesting reply Andre about mantra. The book i have read on mindfulness by Mark Williams Peace in a frantic world doesn't really go into using mantra as an anchor. In my case the breath works for me when i'm following a guided meditation but not when i'm in a stressful situation. I...

It might not be mbct but the buddha taught its important to be relaxed before metta meditation so maybe it isnt.Also focusing on a mantra non judgementally could be mindfulness.

How do you do the so hum pied.do you do it combining it with the breath or without. Is it silent. Christian monastic tradition use the maranatha mantra, hindus have lots of different mantras including om which buddhists also use. Its a spiritual experience for a lot of people but i'm not sure if its...