Mindfulness to Help Enhance Mental Health and Wellbeing

Mindfulness is a way of calming the mind in the present moment.

It is a way of ‘Just Being’, switching from ‘Auto Pilot’, letting go of

restless thinking and negative ‘Self Talk’. Although Mindfulness has its

origins in Buddhism and has been practised for thousands of years for

calming the overactive mind, relieve stress, anxiety, depression and

even help with pain, it has become very popular in the West since the

1970’s. Mind Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) was developed by Jon

Kabat-Zinn, American Professor Emeritus of medicine at the

Massachusetts Medical Centre, Boston USA.

Mindfulness can be practised by anybody, anywhere, and at almost

any time. The goal is to bring you into the present moment so that you

can experience your thoughts and feelings non-judgementally and help

you stop worrying about the past and the future.

Mindfulness can be performed in various ways from the Body Scan,

Breath Awareness, Yoga, Walking Meditation, Mindful Eating, Mindful

Cooking, Thought Awareness, Meditation and much more.

Our Mindfulness sessions will start off with deep relaxation, calming

the body and mind. We will focus on Breath Awareness, a type of

meditation to calm our thoughts and then we will move onto the Body

Scan, focussing on the sensations felt throughout the body and learn

how to cope with undesirable feelings that arise. We will finish off the

session with a guided visualisation. As we progress with our sessions,

we will explore different ways we can be mindful in our everyday lives

and on how to apply what we have learnt when we are feeling anxious,

stressed, in pain or depressed. We will end with a cuppa and a chat,