How To Meditate And Be Mindful
In 2013 I was admitted to a psychiatric hospital after walking around with psychosis for more than a year. The medication they gave me worked a charm and stopped my psychosis, which at the end had become a non stop nightmare. But the medication also stopped my thoughts and I had a constant feeling of being tired and being restless at the same time. A very uncomfortable feeling. Once a week there was a group therapy session that alleviated that feeling of tired restlessness. It was called Relaxation Therapy and it was the same every week. We would lie on mattresses on the floor and do a meditation exercise called: the body scan. In the body scan the ergo therapist guides you as you become aware of every part of your body. The session starts by focusing on and slowing down and deepening your breathing. Then, starting at the toes and going to your head, you become aware of every part of your body and contract and then deeply relax all your muscles one by one. Once a week, when we had Rela...