sit with strong emotions
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Find a quiet place where you can sit up straight and comfortably, such as the edge of your bed, the floor, or a chair.
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Close your eyes and focus on your breathing or another focal point to be fully present.
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Relax your body by loosening your shoulders, loosening your jaw, and softening your eyebrows.
Often it feels like our minds are rushing a mile a minute with all-consuming thoughts. We struggle with meeting quarterly goals at work, planning our next trip, or finishing a paper by a deadline, all while trying to balance our own needs with the needs of our families. You may feel stressed.
Reframing is one technique we can practice that involves changing our mindset and seeing a situation from a slightly different perspective. It is helpful during these times when the mind has difficulty being “still” and tends to rely on distorted thinking.
To be clear, reframing is not about sweeping our emotions under the rug. We want to admit our feelings! But by focusing on something else for a moment, those strong emotions subside, allowing you to come back with more clarity and confidence to move past them. Try his two reframing tools in this meditation to practice the next time your mind is working overtime.
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