Relaxation: Forgiveness meditation (Levine) Check-in: Gratitude, Sleep observations Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Forgiveness – Luskin Affirmations Finish sleep talk Medication check Homework: Gratitude journal, Self-portrait if not done at the beginning Experiment with Luskin methods with a small item needing forgiveness Identify a useful affirmation for you and work with it “The stupid neither forgive nor [...]
Mindfulness is the practice of paying attention to what is happening to you from moment to moment. To be mindful, you must slow down, do one activity at a time, and bring your full awareness to both the activity at hand and to your inner experience of it. Mindfulness provides a potentially powerful antidote to [...]
Anusara Yoga is heart-oriented, spiritually inspiring and yet profoundly therapeutic for both the inner and outer body. It is a uniquely integrated style of Hatha yoga in which the radiant potential of the human heart blends seamlessly with the scientific principles of biomechanics. Class levels are determined by ability of students Breathing and Meditation for [...]
Tagged relaxation, yogaWe are all healing all the time. The only thing you need to do to evoke healing is to poke yourself with a pin. (paraphrase of Rachel Naomi Remen) In the same way that there are cells within you that know how to heal a cut, there is a part within you that knows how [...]
Tagged inner healerBy now, you may be asking, “What exactly is this treatment that I am starting?” Before we get to the “nuts and bolts” of how this can help you, it will be useful to describe the four important components of the cognitive-behavioral approach and how they interact with one another. These four components reflect on [...]
Tagged CBT, cognitiveSome people feel so bad about their pain and their lack of a “productive life” that they feel guilty about even wanting to do anything pleasurable. They feel they do not deserve any pleasure. The truth is, however, that it is easier to become engaged in life again by doing something enjoyable; this is the [...]
“Effective problem solving requires setting clear goals; identifying emotional barriers (hooks) that may prevent goals from being accomplished; and identifying the small sequential steps needed to fulfill the goal”. -Managing Pain Before It Manages You, Margaret Caudill, MD, PhD Setting Goals Reminders: A goal should be measurable. Can you evaluate when the goal has been [...]
Goal-setting for this program: The trick is in setting achievable goals, i.e. ones which can be accomplished. You do not need to feel like a failure any more than you already do. A goal should be measurable. Can you evaluate when the goal has been reached? A goal should be realistic. Is it possible to [...]
Tagged CBT, goalsMost people living with chronic pain find they have limited productive time in the day, due to pain or fatigue or both. Becoming conscious of the choices we make about what to do with that time can be very helpful. For a nice analogy, see The Spoon Theory. Break up your 24-hour day into [...]
Why forgive? Isn’t that just setting yourself up for someone to hurt you again? And the person/entity that wronged you may not deserve forgiveness. . . The truth is, most often those who have wronged us do not think about us much at all – they are on to the next thing, while we are [...]
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