Mindfulness
What is Mindfulness?
Mindfulness is a teachable skill that involves directing our attention to our experience as it unfolds, moment by moment, with open-minded curiosity and acceptance. It has roots in Buddhism, but you don’t have to be spiritual, or have any particular beliefs, to try it.
Mindfulness is about noticing your thoughts and feelings, accepting them and then using techniques to move you attention to something else – often your breath.
You can try one of the practices below – just click on the image. Thanks to Jo Berry and Lucy Trend for the recordings.
Gratitude meditation
Click here to listen to the gratitude meditation
4 pebble meditation
You can try this simple meditation either by listening to it or by downloading the text and reading it. You will need 4 different pebbles.
Observing thoughts meditation
Click here to listen to the observing thoughts meditation
River meditation
Click here to listen to the river meditation
Breathing Space meditation
Click here to listen to the Breathing Space meditation
Sounds and thoughts meditation
Click here to listen to the sounds and thoughts meditation
Sunflower meditation
Click here to listen to the sunflower meditation
Body scan meditation
Click here to listen to the body scan meditation
Loving kindness mediation
Click here to listen to the loving kindness meditation
Mountain meditation
Click here to listen to the Mountain meditation
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