{"id":589,"date":"2015-01-18T13:04:19","date_gmt":"2015-01-18T13:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebeingpractice.com\/?p=589"},"modified":"2020-03-30T14:21:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T13:21:02","slug":"blue-monday-mindfulness-tips-to-beat-stress-anxiety-and-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karendeeming.com\/index.php\/2015\/01\/18\/blue-monday-mindfulness-tips-to-beat-stress-anxiety-and-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Monday-Mindfulness tips to beat stress, anxiety and depression"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Aren\u2019t Januarys tough sometimes? what with post Christmas blues and cold dark nights?<\/h2>\n\n<p>This video which Founder of the Being Practice, Karen Deeming, produced for her Coaching Agency, You Revolution,\u00a0\u00a0shows how mindfulness can help you with Blue Monday. Mindfulness can also help you to reduce and overcome anger outbursts, stress, panic attacks, anxiety, depression, negative thinking patterns, high blood pressure, low self esteem and exhaustion.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y4iQzEYnSbg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Have you noticed that you\u2019re feeling a bit more under the weather and more tired than usual because of the long dark nights or overspending at Christmas?<\/p>\n<p>or are you feeling disappointed that your New Year&#8217;s Resolution or diet aren\u2019t going as well as you had hoped?<\/p>\n<h2>Well you\u2019re not alone in this dilemma, because the third Monday in January, supposedly the most depressing day of the year has now got an official name<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Do you know what it is?<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Blue Monday!!!<\/h2>\n<p>You may be doing a dream job, even then though, Blue Monday can still be tricky especially having to climb out of that lovely warm duvet before 8am<\/p>\n<p>What helps me to cheer myself up on Blue Monday is my daily mindfulness practice, or simply snuggling upto the cat on the sofa.<\/p>\n<h2>Mindfulness, widely approved by the international medical community is a technique for reducing stress, exhaustion, high blood pressure, panics, anxiety, and negative thinking patterns<\/h2>\n<p>It teaches greater awareness of our thoughts, feelings and sensations through simple techniques like visualization, meditation, gentle movement and yoga you don\u2019t need to sit on a mountain in the Himalyas to do it either<\/p>\n<p>Let me share with you an example of how mindfulness can help you:<\/p>\n<p>Despite a heavy rain prediction here in Somerset a few days ago I decided to cycle to the local farm shop.<\/p>\n<p>The cycle route from Pilton to the farm shop is no stranger to me but today it was a strikingly different experience because I had decided to attempt mindful cycling.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, I adopted a small steps approach, focusing on the here and now and the journey rather than a speedy arrival at my destination.<\/p>\n<p>How stunning I chuckled to myself as I was greeted by the distant view of Glastonbury Tor. Slightly distracted by these delicious in the moment experience, I cycled through a muddy puddle resulting in drenched socks.<\/p>\n<p>What helped me overcome the soggy socks incident, were the charming duo of cocker spaniels grinning at me from the rear window of a scruffy jeep ahead.<\/p>\n<p>So, good news, mindfulness and focusing on exquisite landscape instead of the lack of sunshine resulted in a highly pleasurable experience<\/p>\n<h2><strong><strong>And you can achieve this positive mindset too.<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If after listening to this clip or reading this blog you are still struggling to motivate yourself on Blue Monday or indeed anytime in 2015.<\/p>\n\t\t<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.karendeeming.com\/index.php\/contact-me\/\">You can book your appointment here\u00a0<\/a>or you can contact me on\u00a0 (044) +7950 751352 for outside the UK or 07950 751352 inside the UK.\u00a0 Alternatively\u00a0 by email: <a href=\"mailto:info@karendeeming.com\">karen@karendeeming.com<\/a>.<\/strong>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aren\u2019t Januarys tough sometimes? what with post Christmas blues and cold dark nights? 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