Type of Method
• Nature Connection Practices
• Movement - Somatics - Embodied Practices
• Meditation - Spiritual Guidance
• Coaching - Transformation - Philosophy
Suitable for
• Parent / teacher / child care provider
• One to one, personal
• Groups, teams and organisations
Mindfulness is a self-observation practice with early roots in Hindu, Buddhist and Christian traditions.
Mindfulness is the practise of bringing greater presence, awareness and focus to the experience of daily life, in the present moment, without judgement. It can bring depth and richness to everyday experience and routine, and help to develop the capacity for choice over habits and habitual thinking and feeling. Through the practice of observation it can alleviate our natural blindness to our own patterns, triggers, or traumas with the intention of coming to a deeper acceptance of ourselves and our circumstances, exactly as they are.
Navigating the thoughts and emotions associated with collapse awareness calls on us constantly to make space for our reactions and triggers and worries, and then respond in a way that is actually useful — not an easy task.
The word mindfulness is sometimes used interchangeably with meditation. Meditation is a more specific practise which may be a part of mindfulness practice and training.
Modern practitioners of mindfulness agree that, with practice, anyone can reliably expect to experience the following benefits:
- an ability to stay focused on what matters most, regardless of distracting circumstances or emotions
- an awareness of life-long patterns and emotions, which leads to accepting those patterns and emotions just as they are
- a sense of “space” between the judgments or impulses which arise throughout the day, and the actions that we choose in response
- seeing possibilities that come into focus when we slow down and contemplate the full range of choices available in any given moment
There are also a number of documented health benefits. For the purposes of supporting your Deep Adaptation journey, the most important things to consider are the ways fear and survival instincts can hijack our generosity, our gratitude, our joy, and our sense of community connection — feelings which are vital to the thriving world we envision beyond collapse. Through mindfulness, and being present in this moment right now, this generosity and joy and human connection become available again regardless of future concerns. As processes of change and collapse accelerate, the ability to be more fully present in the current moment, to constantly let go of attachment to how things were, or expectations of how they ‘should be’ will likely be of great benefit and facilitate greater adaptability.
Many of our Guides will use varied techniques in how they integrate Mindfulness Meditation to support clients.
If you are a Deep Adaptation guide who offers mindfulness practise and would like to comment or add to this method description please contact methodmanager@daguidance.info or Brennan Smith brennan@inspiredactionnetwork.com
Guides using this Method
Vanissar Tarakali
Somatic Trauma Coach
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Gwyneth Jones
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