Everyday Mindfulness

Thanks Peter, I totally understand the difference. Just let it be and be with it. Don't retract from it but really accept it. And in this acceptance, there is room to not want to resolve it, but just to go with the flow of the anxiety. It is a little bit complicated though when im at work teaching, ...

Maybe also to clarify: if i carry unward with the task, i do not lose the feeling of anxiety. I still feel it all the time, when i'm doing another task. I just don't ruminate about it. I let it be, and cradle it with my breath. I just carry on with my life. I think it would be a little bit senseless...

Thanks for your response peter! To see if i understand you correctly, this is the 'right' strategy now: if i am at work and these feelings come up, i then noticed them, feel them in my body (for 10 sec) and let them be. Then, I continue unward with the task i'm doing. Not in a 'you need to leave' ma...

Hope someone is able to offer my some advice? I think that saying to the anxiety: it is ok that you're there and then focusing on the now is the way to go. And everytime my attention gets nucleated around the anxiety, i just gently shift my attention. In that way, it doesn't have power over me. Woul...

Dear readers, I have been familiar with mindfulness since 2010, followed an 8-week course then and read a lot of books on mindfulness. However, I haven't really been able to integrate formal practice into my daily life, and don't think my life has been very mindful since then. I am a little bit asha...