Beyond CBT Mindfulness course

It’s easy to see how Mindfulness in all its forms has emerged as the accepted antidote to the pressures of our hectic 21st Century world. It often seems that we are under too much pressure to perform at optimum levels both in the workplace and at home, and consequently many of us nowadays are suffering unprecedented levels of stress and emotional turmoil. It’s little wonder then that the tried and tested methods of relaxing the body and quietening the mind – techniques that were once seen as belonging mostly to the spiritual, religious side of life – are now becoming firmly established. Meditation, yoga and hypnotherapy all have their part to play. Mindfulness is even starting to be practised in schools these days as a useful tool of teaching, and this can only be a good thing.

While this feeling of relentless pressure is in my view an illusion, an ‘outside-in’ phenomenon created purely from our thoughts, (and our thinking about those thoughts), it can seem very real, so Mindfulness, which aims to reverse the headlong acceleration of modern life, must surely be welcome.