Mindfulness

Mindfulness is the idea that we should live in the here and now. As anxiety sufferers, we often fail to do this. Our minds run off, worrying about a million different things. It makes us miserable and saps all of the enjoyment out of life.

Mindfulness aims to fix it. The idea is to train yourself to bring your thoughts back to the present, reducing the amount of worrying you do and bringing more pleasure to day-to-day activities.

Mindfulness exercises teach you to focus your thoughts on the present. Each exercise will help you practice this so that in the long term it becomes automatic.

This training is usually done through mindfulness meditations. There are specific exercises, often using guided audio, that you can follow along with. The more you do it, the more it becomes part of your routine. Hello, world!

Yes and no. Mindfulness will not prevent the intrusive thoughts from coming into your mind. You will still find your mind wandering from time to time.

However, it will stop you getting tangled up in your thoughts. You will learn to bring your mind back to the present and not allow the worries to drain you emotionally. The more you practice, the more you will be able to do this without thinking about it.

A great way to get started is by joining out 5-Day Mindfulness For Anxiety course. This course provides you with an introduction to mindfulness and gives you your first five guided audio mindfulness meditations.

It is an online course, and you can work through it at your own pace. Full details can be found below. Mindfulness exercises teach you to focus your thoughts on the present. Each exercise will help you practice this so that in the long term it becomes automatic.