The ‘Three Steps Breathing Space coping with difficulty’ (from MBCT - Mark Williams UK), helps to cope with difficult feelings in an efficient way, using the mindful approach. With this practice we learn to hold our experience with kindness, self-compassion and non-judgment. We use the breath as an anchor and to find a steady place. The mindful approach helps to dissolve the intensity of the feelings and body sensations, it creates mind space to see more clearly and therefore choose a wiser response to deal with the situation.
Heart was racing at first and pain
Permission to “be”
Placed hands on abdomen later and was ready for deeper breathing after permission to be ok with difficulty
Thank you