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(This blog was originally posted on March 26, 2016)
One
of the most beneficial lessons I have learned is to be more “mindful” of my
environment and surroundings. The first time I heard about mindfulness
was during my course through the Hypnosis
Motivation Institute to become certified to use hypnosis
to help people deal with Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorder. I am working on this behavior again as I complete
another HMI course on using hypnosis to help care-givers
take better emotional and physical care of themselves as well as the person
they are looking after. Basically, this concept entails slowing down our usual
rush or frenetic, day-to-day behavior of existing and increasing our
awareness of the immediate surroundings to slow down and reduce stress so we
can live and enjoy life.
Following
is an exercise you can practice while you take a bath or shower to increase
your mindfulness and awareness of your own environment. The goal of this
exercise is to help you focus on the positive, interesting and good things
around you, to eventually draw in that goodness to replace any negativity you
have been carrying inside.
- Rate your level of relaxation on a
scale from 0-10, with “0” being least relaxed and “10” being most relaxed.
- Draw a long, slow breath through your
nose and hold it for the count of four. Release the breath through your mouth.
As you exhale, say or think the word, “calm” or “relax”. Continue breathing at
your own relaxed rate. When you remember to do so, think or say the word “calm”
or “relax” as you continue this Mindfulness exercise.
- Step into the shower/bath. Focus your
attention on the sensation of the water on your skin. What does the temperature
like? How does it feel to have the water droplets falling on your skin (if a
shower)? What is the sensation like as the water laps against your body (if a
bath) as you position yourself to sit in the tub.
- Notice the smell of the
soap/bubble-bath/bath salts you are using. Is there a smell? What does it smell
like, if anything at all? How does it feel (texture) when the
soap/bubble-bath/bath salts touch your skin?
- Now take a moment to allow the water
from the shower splash over your hand, or to scoop up some bath water in your
hands and allow it to spill through your fingers. Notice the shape of the water
droplets. Can you see any colors in the water droplets or perhaps even in the
bubbles from soap or bubble-bath? What are those colors? What are those shapes?
- To conclude the exercise, rate your
level of relaxation again, using the same 0-10 scale. What have you noticed
during this exercise about your ability to relax and how it feels to be able to
focus on something outside of yourself, this way?
This
is just one example of how to practice Mindfulness. I use and teach Mindfulness
to my hypnotherapy clients to help them relax and to help them reduce stress
and anxiety, improve self-care and more. It is a great way to relax and
practice noticing things going on around you that affect yet do not necessarily
have anything to do with, directly affect, or are directly affected by you.
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Hi, there. I am Tom Neil and I want to clarify how life had been for my younger brother living with schizophrenia and how he had been forever able to overcome this debilitating disease via a naturopathic, herbal method.
ReplyDeleteMaicon - my kid brother was twenty years old when he was brought to the emergency room by the campus police of the college from which he had been suspended several months ago. A professor had called and reported that he had walked into his classroom, accused him of taking his tuition money, and refused to leave.
Although he had much academic success as a teenager, his behavior had become increasingly odd during the past year. He quit seeing his friends and no longer seemed to care about his appearance or social pursuits. He began wearing the same clothes each day and seldom bathed. He lived with several family members but rarely spoke to any of them. When he did talk to them, he said he had found clues that his college was just a front for an organized crime operation. He had been suspended from college because of missing many classes. My sister said that she had often seen him mumbling quietly to himself and at times he seemed to be talking to people who were not there. He would emerge from my room and ask my family to be quiet even when they were not making any noise.
My father and sister told the staff that Maicon's great-grandmother had had a serious illness and had lived for 30 years in a state hospital, which they believed was a mental hospital. Our mother left the family when Maicon was very young. She has been out of touch with us, and they thought she might have been treated for mental health problems.
Maicon agreed to sign himself into the psychiatric unit for treatment. The whole family except I had agreed to have Maicon transferred to a mental asylum. I knew inwardly there was still some plausible means by which my kid brother could overcome this condition. I knew botanical means of treatment will be more favorable than any other type of treatment, and as such, I had taken a keen interest in the research of naturopathic alternative measures suitable for the treatment of schizophrenia. I had pleaded for some little patience from the family in the delay of the transfer, I was looking forward to proving a point to the entire family, of a positive botanical remedy for this condition.
It was during my ceaseless search on the internet I had been fortunate enough to come across Dr. Utu Herbal Cure: an African herbalist and witch doctor whose professional works had majored on the eradication of certain viral conditions, especially schizophrenia, ( improving the memory capacity positively), via a traditional, naturopathic process and distinguished diet plan. It was by the administration of this herbal specialist that my brother had been able to improve his condition for better.
Before the naturopathic remedy - Maicon's story had reflected a common case, in which a high-functioning young adult goes through a major decline in day-to-day skills. Although family and friends may feel this is a loss of the person they knew, the illness can be treated and a good outcome is possible.
My brother Maicon is just like many other patients out there suffering from this disease. Although he was able to overcome this condition via a naturopathic herbal remedy administered by this African herbal physician and saved completely thus, rekindling the lost joy which had been experienced by the family members.
I wish to use this opportunity to reach across to anyone who may happen to be diagnosed with this disastrous condition to spread the hope of an everlasting herbal remedy that is capable of imposing a permanent end to this disease.
For more information concerning this naturopathic herbal remedy, feel free to contact this African herbal practitioner via email:
drutuherbalcure@gmail.com