Using ‘Mindful Flying’ to Overcome Stressful Thoughts and Difficult Feelings

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If you’ve been following my work, you’d know there are four different dimensions of mindfulness according to research from ACT.

And so, this means mindfulness doesn’t have to just involve trying to be in the present moment all the time. There are other skills you can develop through exercises or visualisations that can lead to a more mindful and meaningful life.

Here’s the three you will learn to develop in today’s guided reflection and ‘flying’ meditation!

  1. Making room for your thoughts and feelings - in today’s meditation we use the metaphor of thoughts and feelings as clouds. This develops your skills of making space for them to be there. A sneaky way to cultivate acceptance, without having to use the word!

  2. Getting unstuck to your thoughts - When you make space for your thoughts, you’re less stuck to them. This is an ‘unhooking’ skill that’s another dimension of mindfulness (technical name is cognitive defusion).

  3. Switching perspective - This is the third mindfulness skill I’m sharing here. It’s also called Observing self or Transcendent Self. In today’s meditation, when you connect to the sky, you’re connect to that part of you.

Guided Meditation

Here is the guided meditation from the live Daily Mindfulness Club program. Listen to the full recording here. 

Hear the full discussion and insights following the meditation by joining our community live, which is far more affordable than weekly coaching or therapy.

Summary

Mindfulness isn’t just about being present. In this week’s blog post and guided meditation, you develop other skills that have been shown to improve your emotional wellbeing (and psychological flexibility).