This is a great article written by Dr. Sukhmeet on Mindfulness on the occasion of 10th October,
The World Mental Health Day. Today's youth is living in situations which were not prevalent
earlier. The technology has brought the world closer but at the same time has created a drift in
the families, which makes today's youth lonely and particularly vulnerable to mental distress
and illness.
Mindfulness
My son, who is thirteen years of age, happens to mention to me one day that “Mom,
three- fourth of our 8th Standard visits the counselor in our school due to a world of
issues” and he actually put me to thought after that moment.
Being a mother of a teenager, a doctor and a Life Coach myself, I do understand the
various issues that the adolescent today goes through Emotional Disturbances, such as
anger, frustration, irritation, anxiety, relationship issues, distractions, addictions, harmful
use of substances etc.
I pondered over the thought as to what would it be, that could be of help to improve their
coping skills, build resilience, helping them become aware of their emotions and being
able to deal with them.
Thinking about the future brings on Anxiety and Panic and thinking about the Past brings
on sadness, regrets, depression. Living in the present, ‘Being in the Here and Now’ is what
is required.
In this era of growing awareness of importance of Mental Health, MINDFULNESS today,
is a ‘MUST’ more than a ‘SHOULD’ to facilitate Self Awareness, Self-Regulation and Self-Management.
What is Mindfulness?
Mindfulness the Awareness that arises through paying attention on purpose, in the
present moment, non-judgmental for self-understanding as if your life was dependent
on it.
It is a Commitment that you make towards yourself
It is actually reclaiming your life
It’s all about How well we can purposefully direct attention and behavior, make effective decisions, enhance our capacity to embrace change and thereby manage stress be more
flexible mentally and to switch strategies as per the need of the hour
‘How can we Tame the Beast of our Strong Emotions’
Benefits of Mindfulness
· Improves Awareness, Concentration
· Reduces stress, pain
· Help reduce Depression and anxiety
· Improves your Energy levels
· Improves Creativity
· Improves Relationships
· Improves your Immunity levels ultimately
How can we start being
more Mindful?
1. Set aside Sometime for yourself each day
2. Be in the ‘HERE and NOW’ in the present moment leaving all your thoughts aside
(without any Judgments )
3. Enjoy the sounds of nature-the chirping of the birds, flowers, trees, smiles of the lovely
people around and all the other beautiful things
4. Let all the thoughts coming to your mind, your prejudices just pass by (while become
aware)
5. Gently come back to your mindful state
6. Each day would be better and easier than the previous one gradually it becomes
effortless
7. By gently coming back to the mindful state, one can break the pattern of wandering
thoughts and get your mind back. Repetition of the same, becomes a system a pattern of
your functioning and it runs on an Autopilot mode
Blog written by:
Dr Sukhmeet K. Kalsi
Homeopathy, NLP Practitioner, Brain Reprogramming Expert, Guru @FittQ.com
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