1. "Who treats the therapist?" So when your mind is in a certain state your body responds whether that is due to a nightmare, worrying about a past event or fears for the future. The body does not distinguish between what is real or not real. So when you are working as a therapist........and when you are sat on the sofa thinking about your work, your body is responding physiologically.

2. What do you expect to get from today? I hope to meet your expectations... Is that enough? Business as usual is not an option...you will have to change or change your practice in some way. You will have to become aware of what habits undermine and what habits support. For you to change the course must have meaning and significance

3. Why might you resist change? The ego...“We can not solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them”. Einstein. In evolutionary terms, do you see today as an opportunity or a threat (to your identity and beliefs)? Throughout the day maintain an awareness of your mind and body. 'We cannot change anything until we accept it.' Carl Jung

4. 1. Breathing 2. Bodily sensations/awareness 3. Awareness of the challenges we face as therapists 4. Identifying unsupportive habits 5. Identifying supportive habits 6. Plan for the new you

5. Breathing and the mind The mind is everything...what you think, you become - Buddha What you think, is reflected in how you breathe. Is it possible to change our bodies in order to change our state of mind?

6. Practical: In pairs breathing assessment and observation Observation skill: Notice changes in breathing from positive state of mind to negative state of mind. Teaching Point: So changing our state of mind can change our state of being and the health of the body. Breathing and the mind

7. Practical: Teaching of vase breath. Observation and palpation skill: Watch /feel the vase in pairs Practical : Resistance to breath Observation: Notice where the breath flows with ease and where it bumps into resistance. How to observe these areas? Within self and partner

8. Body awareness and sensations Practical: Yoga Nidra Observation skill: Notice in self and with partner

9. Body awareness and sensations The following can be download from ITunes and has 10/20/30 minute recordings, or the same recordings can be found on YouTube for free. Itunes – Yoga Nidra 10 minutes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dzNYEH_m78&app=d esktop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dzNYEH_m78&app=d esktop 20 minutes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBeebZELKbM&app=d esktop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBeebZELKbM&app=d esktop 30 minutes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1YP99dGmAA&app= desktop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1YP99dGmAA&app= desktop

10. Body awareness and sensations Practical: Standing body scan Observation skill: In self and partner

11. Body awareness and sensations Practical: Attention to the body parts and into the space beyond. Observation skill: Within self The following YouTube clip in the first three minutes discusses the bigger picture. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=usnkxKqFwPQ

12. Body awareness and sensations Practical: Mindful palpation exercise Observation skill: In partner

13. Challenges we face "What we are aware of we are in control of what we are not aware of is in control of us.” Behaviour? Performance? Attitudes? Thoughts? Feelings? Emotions? Sensations? Dr Alan Watkins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q06YIWCR2Js

14. Challenges we face Practical: Palpation of tissues with different mind states Observation From tissues From partner. Practical Listening to partners' stories with different mind state In threes – One story teller – One observer of story teller – One observer of observer! Observation From listeners perspective From story tellers perspective

15. Challenges we face Thoughts are just thoughts. Metaphors for the transient nature of thoughts Being mindful is like standing on a railway platform watching the carriages go by. Is like watching our thoughts go by like leaves on a stream, while we stand on the river bank. Watching our thoughts can be like scrolling through our email box; we can pass over some of the emails, noticing that they are there without having to open them.

16. Challenges we face Repetitive Thoughts Do you ever have recurring thoughts, that go around and around like a sushi conveyor belt. Mindfulness of associations These associations may be considered as 'sticky', we may find it hard to let them go. So for example just by looking in the appointments book you see your clients for the day...... Oh no not Mrs Snodgrass...etc etc Mindfulness of interpretations This is the meaning which we put on an event. If a patient is late...what are your thoughts? Oh no they must be worse and are not coming back.....or they must be finding it difficult getting i to a parking space? Mindfulness of Judgments Noticing when we make make evaluative judgments, such as good/bad, right/wrong.

17. Challenges we face Practicing being mindful of thoughts Thoughts can come as words or images There are no right or wrong thoughts We are not attempting to challenge or change the thoughts, just to notice them Maintaining an open hearted approach can help us open our minds. Stepping back from the thought....label the thoughts Thoughts may be pleasant or unpleasant and provoke pleasant or unpleasant emotions.

18. Challenges we face The Ego I think therefore I am.... So when dealing with Barriers, it is important to understand where those barriers are to be found Survival mode verses creative mode Brainwaves are very different in each mode. The beta survival mode does not just protect us from being eaten by a lion but protects the self that we have projected to the world, as opposed to the self we really are. The alpha and theta waves are more associated with the twilight zone, between consciousness and unconscious mind. We can often identify what we want to change but good intentions often fall on stoney ground. Change takes place in the subconscious mind.

19. Challenges we face So where am I at and what do I want to change? What kind of person have I been? What type of person do I present to the outside world? What kind of person am I really like inside? Is there a feeling that I experience...over and over each day? How would my closest friends and family describe me What do I try to hide from others? What part of my personality do I need to work on? What is one thing I want to change about myself?

20. Attitude of the therapist Attitudes we can foster with regard the present moment experience: Acceptance Patience Seeing afresh Trust Curiosity Letting go Kindness Gratitude Forgiveness Being prepared to fail Attitudes that may hinder our present moment experience: Fear Certainty Perfectionism Judgment

21. Unsupportive habits What do they feel like? What unhelpful habits do you bring to your therapy sessions? Behaviour? Performance? Attitudes? Thoughts? Feelings? Emotions? Sensations?

22. Unsupportive habits What sensations in the body are associated with your unsupportive habits? List of sensations: ??

23. Unsupportive habits Anxious Competitive Overwhelmed complaining Blaming Confused Distracted Self pitying Desperate Overly intellectual Self important Shy Needing recognition Under/over confident Lazy Dishonest Controlling Deceptive Conceited Dramatic Rushing Needy Self obsessed Sensitive/ insensitive Observation skills What thoughts do you think when you experience these sensations/feelings? So when you add these thoughts and feelings together you develop an attitude or state of mind:-

24. Supportive habits What sensations in the body are associated with your unsupportive habits? Attitudes we can foster with regard the present moment experience: Acceptance Patience Seeing afresh Trust Curiosity Letting go Kindness or heartfulness Gratitude Forgiveness Being prepared to fail Attitudes that may hinder our present moment experience: Fear Certainty Perfectionism Judgment

25. Supportive habits Who do I want to become? What values: Compassion Truth Honesty Innovation What attitudes: Determined Persuasive Fun loving Leadership Passion What do I want my life to look like in six months time? How will I be feeling in six months time? What will happen in my environment to let me know I am on the right track?

26. Plan for energised new you?

27. Thank You