Mindfulness - help?

[Aroura]

I know more about meditation and pain mitigation. The only thing i know as doctor taught mindfulness is to look at details of things in your immediate location and describe them, say to yourself a descriptor of these objects. Like "I see my lamp, my lamp is green." And just keep doing that. Avoid any other thoughts.
While your brain is doing that, it's not focused on anything else if youre doing it right.
It helps if you're in the throes of anxiety.

This is essentially how I practice mindfullness. If I'm feeling distressed, I remove my mind from the distress through object meditation and breathing. I find it useful to touch an object, so I use my DnD dice. I describe how they look and feel to myself.
If I'm out of the house, anything can work. A pen, a slip of paper, your steering wheel (please be parked if you use that one!).

As Jör says, there is a lot of BS out there, and it's ultimately a personal thing. Try different things until you find the technique that seems to click for you, then go for it.

I've been on anxiety meds for nearly 20 years, and mindfulness combined with yoga and radical acceptance is the first non medication treatment that's ever worked for me. I'm down to fragments of my pills, and my taper will be complete and I'll be med free within a month!

It does take practice, though. Lot's of it. But it really does help a lot of people in today's hectic world, no magic or woo required.

Good luck to the OP.

---

Ps, for non woo rescorces, try this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Dialectical-...2477161103

There are other good books out there on DBT and mindfulness that are written and used by down to earth professional counselors. Don't feel like you have to have a diagnosed "illness" to use one of these. No shame in usinch psych approved, wooless, techniques that have been proven to help people going through even mild anxiety, anger, etc.

Some books specify the mood to focus on, but I liked this one for just teaching the basic skills. I've used it for about 8 months now, completed it and still reference it now and then. I have begun thinking these are skills that every person could benefit from.

If you can read around some woo, I also recommend any Tao book by Derrik Lin. He does occasionally drift into spiritual talk, but it is rare and it is easy to skip those bits. Most is quite practical advice and teachings on mindfulness, meditation, with charming yet insightful stories tossed in for illumination. The Tao of Daily life is my favorite, and I've found most of it to be quite interesting and useful.

Hope you find some of this useful.