Sometimes you need to bring back some calmness into your day. It’s good to know that you can quickly create a sense of calmness through deep breathing. The key to deep breathing is to breathe deeply from the abdomen, getting as much fresh air as possible in your lungs. When you take deep breaths from the abdomen, you inhale more oxygen. The more oxygen you get, the less tense, short of breath, and less anxious you feel. Sit comfortably with your back straight with one hand on your stomach. As you breathe in through your nose feel your stomach rise. Exhale through your mouth; pushing out as much air, your stomach will sink. Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth. Try to inhale enough so that your lower abdomen rises and falls. Count slowly as you exhale. In a short time you will feel more relaxed and calm.
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Need help calming down your mind? This book is just for that. The teachings of Jon Kabat-Zinn, Professor and world-renowned trainer of mindfulness mediation are simple and easy to read in his book: ‘Wherever You Go, There You Are’. Mindfulness mediations are described in a demystified language that helps us grasp what is at the root of practices that help calm our minds in an otherwise hectic, modern urban lifestyle. The techniques of re-grounding, re-centering and refocusing are particularly useful – and they are especially useful if you are feeling ‘scattered’ or ‘lost’ in your day-to-day life routines and struggles.
Through this work, you walk through a variety of approaches in mindfulness meditation that include such simple techniques of breathing and inner focusing while walking, standing or sitting. In other words, the author explores and suggests a large variety of meditative practices that are easy to do wherever you are. As such you can carry the teachings and exercises suggested I this book with you into your office, onto the bus, into a waiting room or right at your bedside where you can use this resource as a source of inspiration. The teachings of this work are not only central to mindfulness practices but also valuable as a deepening of your personal growth as this book can be a form of therapy in and of itself. Submitted by Arash Kameli, MA, CCC |
AuthorNataxja Cini is the founder of Family-Therapy.ca. She can be reached at Archives
March 2018
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