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- Tue Feb 24, 2015 12:55 pm
- Forum: New practitioners
- Topic: Cultivating awareness
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2173
Re: Cultivating awareness
Thanks for your responses guys, it will definitely help to take some pressure off and that's the last thing I want from my experience so this will be a big help. Looking back on what I wrote I can see I have been thinking too deeply about whether I'm practising correctly and over-analysing is never ...
- Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:24 pm
- Forum: New practitioners
- Topic: Cultivating awareness
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2173
Cultivating awareness
Hi guys, hope everyone is well. It's been a while since I posted on here but I've come back to mindfulness practice after getting involved with an MBCT course local to me and am hoping to give it a better shot this time. I'm currently 4 weeks in to an 8 week course and am getting the (hopefully comm...
- Wed Oct 23, 2013 5:37 pm
- Forum: New practitioners
- Topic: Stuck on week 5
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7958
Re: Stuck on week 5
It sounds like mindfulness will be beneficial for me even if I may not be in the right place for it at present. Maybe raises another interesting point about whether prescription meds for anxiety/depression have a negative impact on mindfulness as they can suppress emotion to a certain degree. I will...
- Sat Oct 19, 2013 9:53 pm
- Forum: New practitioners
- Topic: Stuck on week 5
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7958
Re: Stuck on week 5
Hi guys thanks for your quick responses and helpful suggestions, means a lot :) I understand now that you can't force these sensations and if they aren't apparent then don't beat yourself up, just accept that there are no sensations. It would have been helpful if the book I'm reading had given this ...
- Thu Oct 17, 2013 3:47 pm
- Forum: New practitioners
- Topic: Stuck on week 5
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7958
Stuck on week 5
Hi guys I'm new to the website, my name is Dave. I'm wondering if anyone can help as I seem to have hit a wall with my mindfulness practice. I was recommended the book Mindfulness - Finding Peace in a Frantic World by my doctor as I have been suffering from chronic anxiety and depression as she puts...