How to escape in your mind

Stuck in a spiral of negative thoughts? Try some mindfulness techniques with our expert advice

TESSA WATT TEACHES MINDFULNESS IN THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, SHE IS AN ASSOCIATE AT THE OXFORD MINDFULNESS CENTRE AND DEVELOPED QUILITY (QUILITY.ME), A MINDFULNESS

APP FOR WOMEN. SHE EXPLAINS HOW TO GET STARTED WITH MINDFULNESS.

“MINDFULNESS IS ABOUT BRINGING YOUR AWARENESS TO WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE HERE AND NOW, WHERE YOU

ARE AND WHAT’S GOING ON IN YOUR

MIND, YOUR EMOTIONS AND IN YOUR ENVIRONMENT,” SAYS TESSA.

IT SOUNDS SIMPLE ENOUGH BUT AS WE ALL KNOW, IT’S EASY TO GET CAUGHT UP IN OUR THOUGHTS, REPLAYING THE

PAST (I WONDER IF I SAID THE WRONG THING TO MY SISTER YESTERDAY), OR FRETTING ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. MINDFULNESS TRAINING IS ABOUT GENTLY BRINGING YOUR FOCUS BACK TO THE PRESENT.