Mindfulness

Many of my clients find themselves dealing with anxiety, depression, intrusive thoughts, and a general frustration with trying to slow their brain down.  

They share how the above list interferes with family time, weekends, productivity, and steals peace of mind.  A brain that never stops is exhausting.  It is also a nemesis that leaves us often feeling stuck in our attempts to find a solution.  

One resource I personally use and many of my clients find helpful comes in the form of an app called Headspace.  Headspace offers guided mindfulness exercises that typically last about 10 minutes each.  If you use the free version, you will have unlimited access to 10 guided mindfulness exercises.  Let the guide (Andy), do all the work, and you get to simply relax and get lost in a journey of breathing, relaxing, and re-centering.  

I hope this resource can not only be helpful for you, but also add some tools to your belt that you can use throughout the week to check-in with yourself, slow down, and refocus. The whole idea is getting our mind and body back to the present moment.  Our entire life is composed of present moments.  I find many of us spend more time in the unpredictable future and the unchangeable past than being here, now.  

Join myself, and a number of my clients in this journey and let me know what you think of it.  I wish you the best this Friday and hope this weekend will be filled with you living fully in each moment.  Moments are all we get!

As always, you can find me, here:

909 18th Ave South, Nashville, TN 37212 - Restoration Therapy Nashville

9005 Overlook Blvd, Brentwood, TN 37027 - Restoration Therapy Brentwood

(615) 428-5513

Meditation and sleep made simple. Headspace. (n.d.). Retrieved October 28, 2021, from https://www.headspace.com/. 

Stopping by Woods on a Snowey Evening - Robert Frost

Whose woods these are I think I know.   

His house is in the village though;   

He will not see me stopping here   

To watch his woods fill up with snow.   

 

My little horse must think it queer   

To stop without a farmhouse near   

Between the woods and frozen lake   

The darkest evening of the year.   

 

He gives his harness bells a shake   

To ask if there is some mistake.   

The only other sound’s the sweep   

Of easy wind and downy flake.   

 

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,   

But I have promises to keep,   

And miles to go before I sleep,   

And miles to go before I sleep.

                             -Robert Frost

I found this commentary on the poem quite interesting and you can find it here:

"Have you ever wanted to escape from the world for a little while? Perhaps to go watch some woods fill up with snow? Leave Facebook to accumulate friend requests and wall posts for you, let the e-mails pile up, record a mischievous away message on your cell phone, stuff the homework, the papers, and the tests under the bed? Well, then this is a poem for you.

Sometimes we crave a little vacation from responsibility. Sometimes we get hungry for alone time like the speaker does in "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." In a world in which we are constantly stimulated by the Internet, TV, phones, and ads, and in a world in which we are busy, do we get to spend much time alone?" (Shmoop Editorial Team, 2008)

Thoughts worth pondering.  I shared this today as I reflect on how busy life has been and my yearning to slow down and seek peace...hope this connects with you as well.

As always, you can find me at:

Restoration Therapy Nashville - 909 18th Ave South, Nashville, TN 37212

or

Restoration Therapy Brentwood - 9005 Overlook Drive, Brentwood, TN 37027

(615) 428-5513

Shmoop Editorial Team. (2008, November 11). Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. Retrieved May 18, 2017, from http://www.shmoop.com/stopping-by-woods-on-a-snowy-evening/