Embodying Compassion: The body, mindfulness and therapy
Rafath Unnisa also adds in her expertise, “Body, as mindfulness taught me, is an anchor that constantly grounds our experiences and makes it possible for us to access them. By constantly checking in with our body and what we are experiencing in an embodied way makes it real and tangible. I feel that our bodies have deep wisdom which we often don’t give language to, and when we become aware of this and try to give language to our experience we also get closer to what’s actually happening and what we want for ourselves.”
HOME (NOT) ALONE: The Confessions of a Mental Health Therapist
#WFHSeries Ever wondered how work from home is for mental health professionals? No? Like always, Pause for Perspective is here to show you different layers in the same story! In this Work from Home series, we will show how different groups are dealing with the pandemic and maintaining their work-life balance. Being confined to our […]
Mindful Journalling
“I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you will work them, water them with your blood and tears and your laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom.” – Clarissa Pinkola Estés This writing thing, I love it. But I have strange conceptions about it. I […]
The fear of “what might happen”
Yesterday, I was having a conversation with my mother that really got me thinking about our habitual patterns, especially the one in which we allow the fear of “what might happen” to ruin our present. It reminded me of a time when I used to literally invite the negative in my life. When there is […]
Experiments in Slowing Down – Pause to Observe Stillness
How does life feel on a daily basis? How does everyday life look like for you? And how you would like for it to be? Now for this week’s experiment in slowing down. Let us pause to observe stillness. In this moment, pause and look around you. On the surface of things there might be […]