Counselling Richmond | Enduring Mind | Greg Savva | Mindfulness

Counselling Richmond | Enduring Mind | Greg Savva

What is Happening to me now?

You may have asked yourself this question many times before without coming to a satisfactory answer – either because you didn’t have time; you were feeling anxious, or easily distracted. Not having time or space to reflect on our lives, comes at a great cost to us in the modern world. Often we don't even have time to sit and eat with our family, have a quiet conversation with a friend, or enjoy the full restfulness of sleep. This can lead to the build up of stress, illness, anxiety and depression. It can lead to angry outbursts, emotional withdrawal and put us into conflict with friends, children and partners. At Counselling In Richmond, Enduring Mind, if a client wants to I can offer to help bring about self-awareness in counselling through learning from Mindfulness.

Mindfulness is a solution to this. It is a way of being present with ourselves - by paying attention to what is happening to us now. Creating the conditions in body and mind for a state of open-mindedness, by living in the moment. Mindfulness helps us develop an attitude of tolerance and non-judgementalism - with ourselves and others. It helps generate self-acceptance. Replacing rigid patterns of thinking and behaving for a more flexible approach and ability to adapt. It means we stop grasping onto the illusion that things are premanent. And it helps us to let go of our fears - fear of abandonment, discomfort, emotional pain or a world without possessions. We can still live normal everyday lives, but also provide some space and time to train our minds and become more self-aware - letting go of distressing memories from the past and preventing us from projecting our fears into the future. But mindfulness does not come at the expense of living in the real world with all its demands on our time and need to multi-task. You might think of it as a middle way. A sort of centre ground – which allows us to create a more balanced way of being in the world. So what is this elusive quality that could bring about inner peace – I hear you ask. It’s not anything new or esoteric. It’s as ordinary as drinking water or breathing air. A way of acknowledging our instincts and being open to all our senses.

Mindfulness is a way of being present in the living moment. It is about developing a sense of embodied experience. At Counselling In Richmond, Enduring Mind, I help clients to cultivate self-awareness and a state of relaxed concentration in order to step-back and reflect on life. As human beings, we may achieve this when we pay attention to our bodily sensations, or enter a state of meditative reflection. Mindfulness is not unattainable. It is a way of being; available to all us. It has been practiced by virtually all human societies, at all times. Mindfulness is a condition that is hard-wired into the human brain - even as babies we practice it instinctively to make sense of our world. Recent advances in neuropsychology have proved this, but it is a tradition that goes back thousands of years – found among people who develop some kind of reflective practice: such as meditation, prayer, reflection or yoga. But mindfulness does not belong to religion. You may have noticed yourself being caught in a moment of quiet reflection as you studied your natural surroundings, or explored your inner feelings. Only to feel a sense of inner peace, as all aspects of your being coalesced into one unified whole. This sense of union may have happened with a loved one as an intimate moment passed between you; while feeling at one with yourself as you take in the natural world; or even as you noticed your inner reflections bubble up to the surface of your mind.

On my website I have a number of self-help pages a blog and Mindfulness techniques to help with anxiety, depression, PTSD, panic attacks, phobias, compulsive behaviours et.c

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