Therapy and meditation work so well together because both activities help you create and sustain neural changes (learning and growing) like exercise for your brain, your relationships and your emotional wellbeing. A lot of research shows that new neural changes might even be what helps people when they experience benefits from taking anti-depressant meditations.
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In the early stages of mindfulness practice, a teacher usually asks you to pick an anchor for your awareness. This could be your breath, what you hear or a part of your body where you can feel a sensation of touch (like your thumb and finger together in a mudra). In some traditions it’s a mantra or an image.
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