Mindfulness – Falls Therapy http://fallstherapy.com Mon, 08 Oct 2018 01:12:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.4 Good? Bad? Who Knows? http://fallstherapy.com/2018/10/08/good-bad-who-knows/ Mon, 08 Oct 2018 01:10:40 +0000 http://fallstherapy.com/?p=349594

An old Chinese story of unknown origin tells of a farmer who used an old horse in his fields. One day, the horse escaped into the hills and when the farmer’s neighbors sympathized with the old man over his bad luck, the farmer replied, “Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows?”

A week later, the horse returned with a herd of wild horses from the hills, and the neighbors congratulated the farmer on his good luck. He replied, “Good luck? Bad luck? Who knows?”

Then, when the farmer’s son was attempting to tame one of the wild horses he fell off its back and broke his leg. Everyone again sympathized with the farmer over his bad luck. But the farmer’s reaction was, “Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows?”

Some weeks later, the army marched into the village and drafted every able-bodied youth they found. When they saw the farmer’s son with his broken leg, they let him stay.

Good luck? Bad luck? Who knows?

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Anxiety Reduction Plan http://fallstherapy.com/2018/10/08/anxiety-reduction-plan/ Mon, 08 Oct 2018 01:03:48 +0000 http://fallstherapy.com/?p=349587

We’d like to offer you a plan to get your anxiety level down to something that is more manageable for you. Here’s what we’d like you to do; It will help.

  • Meditation 2 times a day for 5 minutes each; you can find 5 minute guided meditations on youtube (you can just use the audio part with your eyes closed) or down load this app on you phone: HEADSPACE, its free for 10 sessions. These are guided meditations primarily.
  • On your phone, go to alarms and set 6 alarms for different times throughout the day. When you hear an alarm I want to take 5 deep, cleansing breaths; in through your nose, hold it briefly at the top then exhale through your month so that you can hear your breath come out. Do the 5 in succession, slowly.
  • Find either book; START WHERE YOU ARE or WHEN THINGS FALL APART, both by Pema Chodren and read for 10 minutes 2 times per day.
  • Get sweaty; I know workouts can be tough but try to get your cardio up, 20 minutes or more at least 3 times per week.

There it is; do it like a soldier. Don’t worry about whether you think it will help or whether you want to do it; just do it. Work, money, family, relationship, health; Lots of stress to go around. Got to lessen it. This plan will help.

– Dana Falls, MFT

Mark Falls, PhD

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