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by the.mindful.lens
Sat Aug 29, 2020 1:47 pm
Forum: New practitioners
Topic: Hey Guys! Im newbie
Replies: 2
Views: 1896

Re: Hey Guys! Im newbie

Hi Kimimiles, I see that you have been practising Mindfulness for a long time. I am sure that you will be able to add a lot from your experience that many on here will value. I look forward to seeing more of your comments on the forum.

Welcome to the board

Peter
by the.mindful.lens
Thu Aug 20, 2020 8:32 pm
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Research on this EVERYDAY MINDFULNESS community
Replies: 1
Views: 3908

Re: Research on this EVERYDAY MINDFULNESS community

Hi Chon, An interesting idea. My degree was in sociology but that was in the early 1970s. I think I have lived sociology ever since. I analyse every situation I find myself in through a sociological lens. I would love to do an ethnography study on footballers playing for my home town team Stockport ...
by the.mindful.lens
Thu Aug 20, 2020 8:26 pm
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Depression..
Replies: 21
Views: 18548

Re: Depression..

Oh Ann, if only I had a voice !!!!!!!! I am the one in any choir who doesn't come in at any point for fear of being told I am out of tune.... Whatever that might mean.

Envy abounds . LOL

Peter
by the.mindful.lens
Thu Aug 20, 2020 2:12 pm
Forum: New practitioners
Topic: Out Of The Rabbit Hole
Replies: 2
Views: 2065

Re: Out Of The Rabbit Hole

A very clear and almost touchable story that you outline. I can follow and understand just about everything you say. You hit so many nails right on the head that you would make a living making wooden furniture !!! I suffer from depression, but nothing like your severity. I do feel I have conquered i...
by the.mindful.lens
Wed Aug 19, 2020 4:13 pm
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Depression..
Replies: 21
Views: 18548

Re: Depression..

Hi, I think that listening to music is a great help in using mindfulness for reducing the power of depression over your thinking. It is important to REALLY concentrate on the music hard. background music doesn't do it. I also think that activities that involve serious concentration can be really use...
by the.mindful.lens
Sun Aug 16, 2020 4:35 pm
Forum: New practitioners
Topic: Trouble with Acceptance of Thoughts
Replies: 10
Views: 5735

Re: Trouble with Acceptance of Thoughts

Sorry Aly, I have just read my last post and realised just how far away it was from what you probably need. The simpler version is this. 1. Put some ambient soundtrack on with headphones on ( I suggest using the free Mynoise .net. Brilliant selection of ever changing sounds and totally free ) 2. Sta...
by the.mindful.lens
Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:21 pm
Forum: New practitioners
Topic: Trouble with Acceptance of Thoughts
Replies: 10
Views: 5735

Re: Trouble with Acceptance of Thoughts

Hi Aly, I have not been as proactively into mindfulness for as long as you. It is only the Covid lockdown that I Have really made more effort to get into the real point of what Mindfulness is really all about. I am older than most practitioners ( I am 69 ) and to make it worse, I am male. This is pe...