The 7 pillars of mindfulness #7 Letting go The 7 pillars of mindfulness – #7 Letting-go “What upsets people is not things themselves but their judgements about these things.” -Epictetus- Letting-go – Epictetus Especially in times of the coronavirus pandemic, worries and fears are constant companions for many of us. We would like to be […]
The 7 pillars of mindfulness #6 Acceptance The 7 pillars of mindfulness – #6 Acceptance “…for there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.” -W. Shakespeare- Acceptance – what is it? Acceptance means taking things, people or events the way, they are, even if they do not correspond to our
5-4-3-2-1 Anchoring Exercise (after Yvonne Dolan, USA) When our thoughts revolve around fearful objects, the outcome is seldom a viable solution, but rather a kind of lukewarm trance, while fear, like in a spiral, increases a little with each run. In such moments stepping out of the endless loop of feelings and thoughts saves energy.
The 7 pillars of mindfulness #5 Non-Striving The 7 pillars of mindfulness – #5 Non-Striving “The art of living means to live your life consciously. Therefore, if you don’t just hurry from one day to the next, but occasionally take a step back and think about how you live, and try to re-orient yourself again
The 7 pillars of mindfulness #4 Trust The 7 pillars of mindfulness – #4 Trust „Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking.“ – Khalil Gibran Trust is learned behavior Trust is the subjective certainty, that one can rely on someone, on ourselves
