Jellyfish Cam
In the Mindful and Resilient Nurse program we spent almost an entire session focused on the topic of Mindfulness. You learned that Mindfulness is a practice in which we bring an open, curious and non-judgmental attitude toward whatever is happening in the present moment. The benefit to this is it allows us to take our minds off of worries about the future or regrets of the past, which is where an overwhelming majority of our stress comes from. For our minds can’t tell the difference between what we are thinking about and what is actually happening to us in the present moment.
There are many ways to practice Mindfulness, but the most popular one is to focus on something that is always available to us – our breath. Yet, sometimes this breath-focused practice stops being effective, and for some individuals, focusing on the breath actually causes more anxiety.
If either of those situations is true for you, or you are just looking to mix up your Mindfulness practice with something new, I encourage you to try out another option that Julie Martin, one of the instructors on the Smart HWP team, introduced me to – the Monterey Bay Aquarium live jellyfish cam.
The idea with this technique is to make the movement of the jellyfish your focus. When I first tired it, I was surprised at how easy it was to stay focused and how calm I felt as I observed the slow, rhythmic movement of the jellyfish, with the peaceful music in the background.
Try it out yourself now by clicking the link below…
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