Graham C. Lee
Clinical Hypnotherapy
It has long been known that the way we think and how we deal with our thoughts plays a big part in mental health. Mindfulness meditation is a mind-body based, psychosensory approach that helps people change the way they think and feel about their experiences, especially stressful experiences.
Mindfulness meditation, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) are ways of paying attention to the present moment, using a variety of therapeutic approaches.
MBCT is recommended by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) for the prevention of relapse in recurrent depression. It combines mindfulness techniques like meditation, breathing exercises and gentle movement with elements from cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) to help break the negative thought patterns that are characteristic of recurrent depression.
Research has shown that Mindfulness Meditation offers powerful health and wellbeing benefits including:
- Increased wellbeing
- Stress reduction and prevention
- increased self confidence
- Pain control
- Greater self-esteem
- Enhanced creativity
- Letting go of worry and anxiety
- Improved self-awareness
- Calmness and relaxation
