Mindfulness & Meditation

  I had used mindfulness as a sportswoman all my life without really recognising it or the processes I was using. 

In 2019 I suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after a traumatic event. This affected every aspect of my daily life. I started to look at ways in which I could identify and reduce the triggers that reduced my ability to function from day to day.

 I learned how to become mindful, and developing meditation techniques helped me to free myself from the PTSD. 

I still practice my routines daily and noticed the positive changes both to my mind and body.  

 As a scientist I started looking at the research of how of mindfulness & meditation worked. 

The neurological  mechanisms that enabled our brains plasticity to rewire themselves and the physiological ones that are affected enabling those transformations to help with real change. 

I have mentioned a few of those changes below as well as a brief outline of the differences between mindfulness & meditation.