Mindfulness for Stress, Anxiety and Low Mood
When we are feeling stressed or anxious, it is very easy for the mind to become caught up in worry – going over things that have already happened or anticipating what might happen next. When we're experiencing low mood, our thoughts can become equally consuming, affecting how we see ourselves, our lives and the future.
Mindfulness can help us become more aware of these patterns without automatically being drawn into them.
Rather than trying to stop difficult thoughts or force ourselves to feel differently, we learn to notice what is happening in the mind and body with greater awareness and less judgement. With practice, this can create a little more space between ourselves and our thoughts, allowing us to choose how we respond rather than simply reacting out of habit.
Mindfulness also helps us reconnect with what is happening here and now. By learning to bring attention back to our present-moment experience, we can spend less time caught up in the worries, predictions and repetitive thinking that can contribute to stress, anxiety and low mood.
Importantly, mindfulness isn't about emptying your mind, always feeling calm or trying to think positively. It is about learning a different way of relating to your experience – including the parts that are difficult.
Over time, regular mindfulness practice can help us develop greater awareness, self-compassion and resilience, and a more balanced relationship with our thoughts and feelings.
Please get in touch if you'd like to find out more about mindfulness and whether it might be helpful for you.
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Mindfulness can help us become more aware of these patterns without automatically being drawn into them.
Rather than trying to stop difficult thoughts or force ourselves to feel differently, we learn to notice what is happening in the mind and body with greater awareness and less judgement. With practice, this can create a little more space between ourselves and our thoughts, allowing us to choose how we respond rather than simply reacting out of habit.
Mindfulness also helps us reconnect with what is happening here and now. By learning to bring attention back to our present-moment experience, we can spend less time caught up in the worries, predictions and repetitive thinking that can contribute to stress, anxiety and low mood.
Importantly, mindfulness isn't about emptying your mind, always feeling calm or trying to think positively. It is about learning a different way of relating to your experience – including the parts that are difficult.
Over time, regular mindfulness practice can help us develop greater awareness, self-compassion and resilience, and a more balanced relationship with our thoughts and feelings.
Please get in touch if you'd like to find out more about mindfulness and whether it might be helpful for you.
You might also be interested in Hypnotherapy for Anxiety, Stress and Low Mood: