Meditation and Mindfulness

During therapy or counselling sessions we meditate to restore our relationship to being. We are drawn to and love babies so much because they are still resting in their natural state of being. As we grow older, we get caught up in doing and in the thinking mind and lose much of our ability to simply be. 

Through meditation we are able to connect with the core of our being, where our natural states of peace, joy and love reside. Meditation is something natural to all of us, even if we have never done it formally before. We like to sit in the sun, or sunbathe, or take a bath, because during these activities we go into a state of meditation.

By turning within through meditation, we can access our natural states of peace, joy, and love, and after sustained practice over time we are able to stay more rooted in these states, regardless of what is occurring in the world around us.

Mindfulness is both a particular form of meditation, and a practice we can do outside of formal meditation. Mindfulness is simply keeping our awareness on what is happening right now in the present moment. In meditation, this means being aware of and focusing on the sensations, emotions, and thoughts we are having – allowing them to be, without trying to change them. Outside of meditation, we can practice mindfulness by letting what is coming through our senses fill our awareness to allow us to stay in the present, rather than going into the past or future through our thoughts.

Mindfulness is now seen as an important part of both trauma treatment and therapy in general, as it is an effective way to emotionally regulate the nervous system.

During therapy or counselling sessions, I will offer you the option of trying many different techniques of meditation. I use the breath, guided meditations, embodiment meditations and mindfulness to give you many ways of both accessing your inner being and achieving emotional regulation.