Meditation

What is it?

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Meditation can offer peace, less stress & clarity.
Helps build emotional resilience & composure.
Promotes self-discovery & emotional growth.

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Published: 26/10/23

Meditation or mindfulness can be a remarkable way of nurturing your emotional wellbeing. Life is filled with academic pressures, social complexities and personal growth, which may lead to stress and anxiety. Meditation can offer a powerful way to find inner peace and clarity amidst the chaos. It can act as a mental reset button, allowing you to take a break from the hustle and bustle and find a moment of calm reflection.

Through meditation, you may learn to manage stress and reduce feelings of overwhelm. By focusing your mind and breathing deeply, you may gain valuable tools for handling challenging situations with composure. This practice can help you build emotional resilience, allowing you to bounce back from setbacks and face difficulties with a more balanced perspective. Furthermore, meditation can promote self-awareness, helping you better understand your thoughts and emotions. Through this journey of self-discovery, you can explore your feelings, gain insight into your behaviours and develop a stronger sense of who you are.

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There are a huge range of meditation apps available: Headspace, Calm, Ten Percent Happier Meditation and Healthy Minds Program are particularly highly rated.
Meditation and mindfulness techniques are increasingly being used to support good mental health, and research has shown that they can be helpful in managing a range of mental health problems.
Mediation aims to quieten your mind and put you into a state of calm, stillness and rest. Mindfulness is a meditation technique which involves learning to be aware of what is happening in the present moment, without judgement.
Many people find meditation and mindfulness to be helpful ways of managing stress, anxiety and other mental health-related difficulties.
Follow the links below to learn more about meditation and mental health.
Research: Meditation programmes may improve anxiety, depression and pain
Guidance: Meditation
Blog: How I practise mindfulness to improve my mental health
Guidance: About Mindfulness

Mindfulness is about taking a pause to reflect in a fast-paced life and grounding ourselves in the moment – something which can be really helpful if we’re feeling stressed or anxious.

Rachel, 17

Mindfulness does help me with my mental health issues. It's not the cure and it won't work every single time, but it has helped me to alleviate anxiety and depression by centering my thoughts.

Anonymous

Mindfulness is a skill. It requires work like any therapy, and requires practice like any skill. It isn't a shortcut and courses only set the scene, but I find it enjoyable and rewarding. Most of all I find it brings some peace into my life.

Anonymous