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聽Mary, who leads mindfulness sessions across 直播色情片's London Centres, has put together some information about using聽 mindfulness聽as a way to support you to access steadiness in this current time of increased uncertainty and difficulty.聽 She will also be adding some videos to our main website of her own sessions. We will聽 post more details as they become available.

What is Mindfulness?

Mindfulness is a skill which involves learning to pay attention more consciously, in the present moment to what we are doing and experiencing with a quality of openness and affectionate curiosity. So the way we pay attention is imbued with qualities and attitudes that support kindliness and tenderness. Through the practice of mindfulness we can train the mind to settle somewhat and gain skills in stepping back and being less reactive and hooked in the belief of unhelpful thoughts and mood states.

A fundamental aspect of mindfulness training is gaining steadiness, anchoring down, and grounding so we are less likely to be carried away by and entangled in all those catastrophic thought and overwhelming emotions. Mindfulness is not about stopping and pushing away the difficult thoughts and emotions, it involves acknowledging that they too are here, it involves creating space to acknowledge they are present and to stay steady as best we can alongside them.

The practice of mindfulness involves a willingness to be with what is here, the pleasantness and an appreciation for all that is lovely and the unpleasantness and the difficult too. So we聽are not avoiding what is challenging and not wanted. Currently anxiety, worry, fearful thoughts and emotions will be present, this comes with the multiple layers of all that is uncertain and unpredictable right now in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Please know there is a lot that we can do to support ourselves and our loved ones in the face of this storm. I invite you to do some very simple mindfulness practices to help
resource you to gain some steady ground.

The first mindfulness practice is called taking a pause; it just may allow a little in-between space in order to interrupt the pull into another wave of overwhelming thoughts and
emotions. Why not give it a go right now:

Taking a Pause

鈥淐reating a clearing in the dense forest of your life鈥澛� Martha Postlewaite

The Practice of Taking a Pause

We have generally strong conditioning not to STOP. Taking a pause, invites you to consciously and deliberately stop. How about simply giving yourself permission to Pause. Taking a pause right now鈥� and just inviting the possibility of stopping whatever you are doing momentarily.

Allowing yourself to Pause 鈥� Inviting yourself to inhabit this Pause by taking 3 deep breaths鈥� feeling each breath individually鈥� and creating space to be present with each breath鈥�

Inviting yourself to be here kindly and gently within the space created by taking a Pause.

This very short and simple practice can be weaved into your day, which can disrupt the automatic and reactive habits of mind. It only takes one minute鈥� allowing you to find the in between spaces in your day.

(Adapted by Mary from Tara Brach鈥檚 Sacred Pause).聽

Walking meditation practice

The second mindfulness practice is a walking meditation practice:

Have a look at the links below聽 to instructions and guidance from mindfulness meditation teachers聽 Jack Kornfield and Eluned Gold聽聽and psychologist Tara brach

Tara Brach聽聽

and Jack Kornfield聽聽

As well as Eluned Gold from the Centre of Mindfulness Research聽 and Practice at Bangor University聽

Mindfulness resources

In response to the current stormy climate some key mindfulness organisations have responded by offering some virtual mindfulness meditation sessions and talks, here are a
few suggestions:

Oxford Mindfulness Centre:
The OMC is offering weekly online mindfulness sessions which are free and you do not need prior mindfulness experience or practice to take part. Don鈥檛 miss a lead meditation practice and talk by, one of my favourite mindfulness meditation teachers Chris Cullen 鈥� The Theme is: Finding Steadiness in Uncertain Times, Wednesday 25th March, 7-8pm GMT:

I will definitely be joining in, Chris is so skilled and eloquent in they way he communicates, if you join in, I look forward to practising with you. What is additionally helpful is that the session will be available as a podcast shortly after the session, so it will be there as a resource. You might like to set an intention to do the meditation daily this week.

William Kuyken, the Director of the Oxford Mindfulness Centre, Professor of Mindfulness and Psychological Science, writes a little something about keeping a cool head and a warm heart during this difficult time:

Jon Kabit- Zinn聽The innovator of mindfulness based approaches, founder of the Centre for Mindfulness in Medicine and author of Full Catastrophe Living is giving a talk, you need to book your place:

叠谤别补迟丑飞辞谤办蝉听Access a free mindfulness course designed to help cope with the stress and strain of Covid19. The course includes a range of tips to help all of us work with the mental and emotional reactions to so much uncertainty, as well as suggestions for how to cope practically with this new reality.

Go Well

With Warmth
Mary Turner
Cancer Support Specialist and Mindfulness Teacher at 直播色情片鈥檚 London Centres