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Mindful Mondays Blog Post One: Introduction to Mindfulness
Have you ever looked at your watch to check the time, only to look away and have no recollection of what the time is? Have you ever walked into a room and forgotten why you went there? If you answere...
When seeing a counsellor a number of years ago, she taught me to notice or pay attention to the sensations that took over my body when I was anxious. As soon as your mind starts paying attention to the bodies reactions (and I guess it stops you thinking about whatever was making you anxious) they actually disappear.
But then the hard part is to stop your mind returning to the worrying!
I found it helped me immensely to be able to control my thinking when undergoing some of the stressful parts of treatment. During Chemo I used to focus on the sounds and calming sight of a small water feature I could see through a window. I would concentrate on breathing deeply too, especially when they were putting in the cannula each time.
Every night before going to bed, I listen to music through my iPod with the lights off, just concentrating on my breathing. I lay on my back with my legs up on the wall. This position is good for calming the nervous system, I have been told. It just slows me down and seems to help me sleep more restfully. Deanne xxx