Mindfulness Guides for Anxiety and Distress

This technique helps to focus on the present moment by encouraging you to pay attention to your senses, one at at time.

It allows you to feel grounded by bringing your awareness to the environment around you. You maintain your focus on one sense at a time, to help practice staying in the present moment. This can help to remain calm during a time of stress or anxiety, and can be practiced regularly.

This exercise helps you ‘unhook’ yourself from thoughts, without pushing thoughts away.

This practice helps you become more aware of your thinking mind while remaining in control of how you choose to respond.

This exercise helps you take a step back and view your thoughts from afar, instead of seeing your thoughts as “facts” or “truths”.

This helps you gain perspective on thoughts and feelings, reducing reactivity in favour of conscious control and choice.

This exercise helps you concentrate on each of your five senses, one at a time, to manage unhelpful thoughts or emotions popping into your mind.

This exercise helps you learn to refocus your attention on the present moment.

This exercise involves paying attention to your breathing in a non-judgmental way. It anchors your awareness in the present moment.

This exercise will allow you to focus on your breath, to create a sense of calm and reduce stress.