edennero.blogg.se - Focus on whatson the inside

Wish yourself what you would a close friend with the same doubts. And on each out-breath, offer yourself relief. On each in-breath, acknowledge whatever you’re experiencing right now in your body, your emotions, your thoughts, nothing to fix or change, this is what’s going on right now.Recognize what it feels like to you, and then let it be. Label it if you want, or even give it a specific name if you prefer. Stop wrestling with or appeasing it, or pushing it away.

Now for the next few minutes, practice leaving that voice of judgment, that inner critic alone.

Then, notice where your thoughts go when experiencing this kind of self criticism, and the patterns you fall into under this kind of stress.

Notice first how judgment is more than a single thought-it may affect how you feel, with tension or unease somewhere in your body, it may influence your emotional state.

At school, at work, as a parent or as a child. You may immediately start thinking “I’m not very good at this” or “I should do this more often.” But for this brief practice today, reflect on somewhere in life you do feel judged.

For many of us this is already enough to bring self-judgment to mind.

Your attention wanders and then comes back to breathing in and breathing out. However you’re feeling right now, leave things alone for the next few moments.Find yourself a posture of ease and strength.Notice the physical sensation of breathing in, and then breathing out as best as you’re able. To start this mindfulness practice, begin by focusing on breathing.