I was sorry to miss this live but have finally got around to watching the replay. The concept makes so much sense to me, the ‘practise’ is much tricker but I guess that’s why it’s a ‘practise’. My only comment is that when anxiety comes with so many bodily sensations - nausea, heart pounding, overwhelm - observing and noticing the thoughts becomes almost hi jacked by them and no amount of thinking differently reduces the physical reaction.

@Richard Paterson that makes so much sense. Thank you for your reply. I guess it’s not giving a ‘story’ in the mind to the anxious feelings in the body so that mind body loop doesn’t perpetuate.

Actually not too bad today it’s a 3 but I’ve been focused on work. First thing when I woke up it was an 8 and I was feeling quite anxious. I realised the mind had noticed the anxiety in my body and was trying to make up a story about it. Once I’d notice and acknowledged this and redirected the thoughts it lessened.

Hi, thank you for this space. I’m Emma and I live on Ynys Mon or the Isle of Anglesey where I moved 10 years ago to start my life over after many bereavements and losses only to find of course that the mind came with me! I’ve joined as my over thinking, catastrophising and negative thought spirals have kept me extremely anxious and often depressed over this time and I’m finally starting to realise that my relationship to the mind is key if I want to live a happier and calmer life. I need to learn how to do this 🙏