Introduction & Theoretical Background
Core to compassion focused therapy (CFT) is the ability to notice and engage in distress, and then to take wise action to relieve or prevent it. An important first step in doing this is through attention training and mindfulness, which help us to develop skills in noticing, turning towards, and engaging in things that might be painful or distressing.
One of the beauties of mindfulness is that because it’s about becoming more aware of where our attention is, and the intention to be more in the here-and-now, throughout our day there are frequent activities that can provide an anchor for attention – for example, brushing our teeth, eating lunch, or walking to work. The interesting thing about all of these is that we often do them mindlessly, where we’re on autopilot or sometimes where our minds are living in the past or future. Mindful Walking is an exercise taken from the