Mindfulness Living Course, Wirral, Thursday 14th September

Mindfulness - coming to know how we're affected by our inner and outer experience. 

Whilst we like to think of ourselves as logical people, our emotions are extremely powerful and can influence our thoughts.  To quote Antonio Damsio "We are not thinking beings that feel but feeling beings that think".

Many of our thoughts are automatic and we have very little realisation of what the mind is up to.  Thoughts drive our emotions meaning when thoughts go unobserved we're at the mercy of our automatic reactions.  These fast reactions are crucial for keeping us safe, but an over cautious mind can leave us feeling on edge when there is no real danger.

Mindfulness based self awareness is a way of observing our experience without self judgement, so we are able to notice these patterns and become less driven or consumed by them.  We learn to get less caught up in…