Mindfulness resources

[Blalinzer]

Hi I have some people in my family who I think can really use mindfulness and I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas of specific resources I can recomend to them

1. My grandmother (mid 70s) has recently gone completely blind (she always was visually impaired but never completely blind). This is very difficult for her, I suspect in part because she can no longer do things like housework that gave her meaning but also I suspect more generally simply because it is devastating not to be able to see. Likewise my grandfather is now taking on a lot more responsibilities caring for her including doing housework and other chores and feels in his retirement years he has no time even to read. They also bicker sometimes which I suspect doesn't help. Overall they're very loving.

I'll send another message later with another person I think could use mindfulness.

[JonW]

Hi Blalinzer,
Welcome to the forum.
Sorry to hear about your grandmother's health.
If you think mindfulness might be of benefit to her, maybe check out teachers in your local area and see if they'd be willing to teach her on a 1-2-1 basis.
Alternatively, many of the best books about mindfulness are available in audiobook form. Maybe check out titles by Jon Kabat-Zinn and Mark Williams/Danny Penman.
All best wishes,
Jon

[Peter]

Jon gave excellent advice.

It's really kind of you to be thinking of them, and to want to help them. Don't be disappointed if they aren't open to the idea of mindfulness. A lot of people aren't, and that's fine of course.

[Gareth]

I would echo Peter's words and just inject a note of caution: many people aren't open to the idea of meditation.

I know from my own experience that it can be intensely frustrating to see loved ones struggling with certain issues whilst knowing that you have the key to something that can help them. We can make a suggestion from a place of kindness, of course. After that, we have to practise what we preach and recognise that we cannot force the world to be a certain way.

[JonW]

When we are ready for mindfulness, we are ready for it.
It keeps its own hours.
If you'd suggested to me six years ago that I should try meditation, I'd have run for the hills. I had many preconceptions about it. Not least, I'm an old punk (school of '76 vintage). Meditation is for hippies, innit.
And yet, when I was ready for it, I took to it like a duck to water.
Funny how it works.
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JW