Mindfulness is the buzzword at the moment. What mindfulness means is becoming more aware of how incredible the human mind is, and how it affects and controls our body. The human mind is the most advanced computer in our universe, and we all have one, and it is far more intelligent than we know, it is responsible for most things we have in our world today.
Mindfulness also means becoming more aware of the present moment and our surroundings. It can help us to enjoy better health, appreciate the moment, (the moment we are in is the only true reality there is) and be aware of the natural beauty of this wonderful world we inhabit.
When we become more aware of the present moment, we begin to experience afresh, perhaps things that we have been taking for granted, or perhaps things we never even thought about.
Mindfulness also allows us to become more aware of the constant thoughts and feelings that we experience every moment so that we can stand back from them and start to see their patterns. Thoughts are simply 'mental events' that do not have to control us, but unfortunately, they absolutely do.
Scientific tests have shown we experience around 65000 thoughts every day, of which approximately 75% are negative, we are programmed to be more negative. Every thought we have creates an emotion that triggers a physical response. Some psychosomatic problems such as anxiety and stress are created by negative thinking, which becomes habitual. So learning to harness our thoughts and think positively is extremely important.
The difficulty with changing thoughts which change our feelings is that emotions happen before thoughts, not after them. This basic neuroscience questions classical CBT, Coaching or Counselling when dealing with deep-rooted habits or problems. Emotions are a basic human characteristic essential for immediate physical survival (Flight or fight response) they are much more powerful than thoughts, occurring more quickly than cognition and sometimes with no connecting thoughts. In order to change those autonomous habits or emotions, we need to get to the cause, in order to affect a change.
I have been teaching my clients mindfulness as part of their therapy for the last twenty years or so. Hypnosis changes emotions and learned responses at a deeper level so they become second nature to us, like all our habits, behaviours and perceptions, Hypnotherapy is the easiest, quickest and most effective way I know to change our awareness, responses, habits and perceptions. When we change our thoughts there is a natural autonomous change in our emotional responses.
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