@chronicillnesstherapist: Mindfulness based stress reduction or #MBSR was created by Dr. Jon Kabat Zinn in 1979 and is still helpful and evidence based today. It is an eight week program that trains you to integrate #mindfulness meditation and body awareness into your daily life. the underlying principles it teaches are: nonjudgment, patience, Trust, acceptance and letting go. While these concepts may sound simple, We all know when you live with #chronicpain and illness cultivating these practices can be challenging. One thing I really like about this practice is it doesn’t claim to cure your illness, It just is designed to support living with difficult experiences to help you approach it in a way that reduces our overall fear and anxiety and brings us closer to peace and acceptance of where we are on any given day. No toxic positivity involved! I highly recommend giving the audiobook #fullcatastropheliving a listen if you’re at all interested.
