{"id":11559,"date":"2021-01-10T14:27:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-10T14:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/optimumhealth.ie\/?page_id=11559"},"modified":"2021-02-27T18:18:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T18:18:08","slug":"mindfulness-therapy-workshop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/optimumhealth.ie\/mindfulness-therapy-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Mindfulness Therapy Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While thinking and problem solving are useful, excessive rumination is an avoidance strategy just like browsing the internet and watching TV can be. With rumination we can spend time in a mental reality that seems real, try to solve the imagined version of our problems and often get nowhere, feeling disempowered as a result. Mindfulness is an act of personal empowerment that can help us understand and hopefully enjoy the parts of reality that may seem cold or uncomfortable at first. Note: this video is not a substitute for actual therapy. It aims to provide understanding and techniques to use in the absence of therapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Mindfulness Therapy Workshop<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/n6qSTG0zVpw\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/optimumhealth.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mindfulness-Worksheet.pdf\">PDF: Mindfulness-Worksheet<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/optimumhealth.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mindfulness-Worksheet.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are some mindfulness practices, if you&#8217;d like to take the time to try them out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Compassion Based Mindfulness Practice:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/optimumhealth.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aisling-Compassion-Meditation.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Body Scan Mindfulness Practice:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/307571608%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-XlkZx&amp;color=%238faea7&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-83482774\" title=\"Optimum Health Ireland\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Optimum Health Ireland<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-83482774\/body-scan-no-music\/s-XlkZx\" title=\"Body Scan - No Music\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Body Scan &#8211; No Music<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Heaviness in the Body Meditation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/307571629%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-a6UZm&amp;color=%238faea7&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-83482774\" title=\"Optimum Health Ireland\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Optimum Health Ireland<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-83482774\/heaviness-in-the-body-music\/s-a6UZm\" title=\"Heaviness In The Body - Music\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Heaviness In The Body &#8211; Music<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>30 Minute Mindfulness Meditation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/aisling-mindfulness-course-meditation-recording.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This was recorded as part of a mindfulness training session ran by Optimum Health in Galway. Trainings are run regularly and you can contact me via this site or by phone to enrol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While thinking and problem solving are useful, excessive rumination is an avoidance strategy just like browsing the internet and watching TV can be. With rumination we can spend time in a mental reality that seems real, try to solve the imagined version of our problems and often get nowhere, feeling disempowered as a result. Mindfulness &#8230; <a title=\"Mindfulness Therapy Workshop\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/optimumhealth.ie\/mindfulness-therapy-workshop\/\" aria-label=\"More on Mindfulness Therapy Workshop\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/optimumhealth.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11559"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/optimumhealth.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/optimumhealth.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/optimumhealth.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/optimumhealth.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/optimumhealth.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/optimumhealth.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}