A Moment Of Mindfulness - The Three Minute Breathing Space
by Ben Douch
The Three Minute Breathing Space is a brief, pocket-sized meditation to help you reconnect with the present moment when you most need it. It’s particularly helpful when you want to check-in with how you’re feeling, and get unstuck from any automatic thoughts, feelings and habits ~ or at least be more at peace with them. You can use it when feeling unsettled, anxious, confused, frustrated, overwhelmed or sad. Anything that feels a bit meh or sticky. Or just when you crave a few minutes space to reset and come back to yourself. You can use it anywhere from sitting in a dignified, upright position on your meditation cushion, to standing up on a stuffy overcrowded train. You can also treat it as a regular meditation practice, dropping it in a couple of times a day to help build your mindfulness muscle. The three minute breathing space was initially created by by Zindel Segal, Mark Williams, and John Teasdale, as a short exercise in their Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy program.
