Mindfulness Stress-Reducing Approaches
Mindfulness is strongly incorporated in MBSR approaches, as predicted. While it is common to conceive of mindfulness as a frame of consciousness, there are various distinct methods to practise or participate in mindfulness, each with a different emphasis. • Mindfulness Concentration- Looking within to see what is going on in your mind is part of practising mindfulness including an explicit focus on attention. It is pleasantly described as a single focus on one event. To maintain attention, it might be beneficial to employ a specific stimulus (such as the breath) to keep oneself anchored at the moment. • Mindfulness and awareness-In contrast to concentrating, exercising awareness stresses the exterior rather than the inward. Awareness dwells on the brain but from a distance. In general, mindfulness-awareness may be defined as glancing at your emotions and experiences from outside of your regular self-centred experience and witnessing your thoughts as a stream of conscious experience...