What exactly is mindfulness?

Especially in the time after 50+, many of us discover that our concentration leaves much to be desired, we are nervous, forget things and are certainly no longer "multitasking".

Here mindfulness training can help you.

When we are mindful, we consciously direct our attention to the present moment, to the present experience. And we do this without judging or commenting. This can be seen in our everyday attention, where we easily lose ourselves in memories or in things we plan to do in the future. Our mind is quickly distracted. We drift away, to our experiences and think about what they mean. This all happens in a matter of seconds and completely automatically, without us being aware of it.

However, when we become aware of the present moment, we quickly realize that oppressive thoughts are either connected to memories from the past (e.g. old injuries) or to fears and hopes for the future.

If you practice mindfulness, you will discover more and more how you can free yourself from these thoughts from the past and the future and develop a fresh perspective that opens up completely new possibilities. You can learn to experience feelings differently than before: They are no longer part of you, do not take possession of you.

With simple exercises you can learn to become aware of your feelings, to gain distance from them, to let them go or to transform them. You learn to accept the situation as it is without immediately reacting automatically, judging, repairing or wanting to change things.

If you practice mindfulness regularly, you will learn to better understand yourself and your reactions. Emotional turbulence will not throw you off track so quickly. And it will be easier for you to become aware of unpleasant habits and give them up. At the same time you will strengthen your ability to concentrate and your openness to your environment.

Yours, Dagmar

References and further literature:

• Chögyam Trungpa: Mindfulness, Meditation & Psychotherapy

• Genpo Merzel Roshi: Big Mind, Great Spirit - Big Heart, Aurum 2008

• Karin Bundschuh-Müller: Accepting means changing - Mindfulness and acceptance in person-centered and experimental psychotherapy, in: PID 360-2006 - 7th year

• Halko Weiss, Michael E.Harrer: Mindfulness in Psychotherapy. Change through "not wanting to change" - a paradigm shift?, Psychotherapeutenjournal 1/2010

• Michael E. Harrer, Hypnosis and Mindfulness. Lecture at the Congress of the European Society of Hypnosis (ESH), 2008

• Ulrike Anderssen-Reuster: Mindfulness in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics: Posture and Method

• http://achtsamleben.at

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