notes/personal/mental health/Mindfulness.md

# Exercises
## A.C.E (Dropping anchor)
This exercise is a form of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). It's useful for handling difficult thoughts, feelings, emotions, memories, urges, and sensations more effectively. It can help engage in life, grounding you in difficult situations. It can be used to disrupt rumination, obsession, or worrying, and it will help you engage in the task or activity on hand.

- A - Acknowledge your thoughts and feelings.
	- Note what your thoughts and feelings are doing
- C - Connect with the body.
	- Focus on your breathing.
	- Press your feet into the floor.
	- Clench your fists and release.
- E - Engage with the environment. Ask yourself: 
	- What am I noticing around me?
	- What am I doing?
	- Who's around me?
vault backup: 2024-06-21 10:58:51 2024-06-21 16:58:51 +00:00			`# Exercises`
vault backup: 2024-06-21 11:03:51 2024-06-21 17:03:51 +00:00			`## A.C.E (Dropping anchor)`
			`This exercise is a form of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). It's useful for handling difficult thoughts, feelings, emotions, memories, urges, and sensations more effectively. It can help engage in life, grounding you in difficult situations. It can be used to disrupt rumination, obsession, or worrying, and it will help you engage in the task or activity on hand.`

			`- A - Acknowledge your thoughts and feelings.`
			`- Note what your thoughts and feelings are doing`
vault backup: 2024-06-21 10:58:51 2024-06-21 16:58:51 +00:00			`- C - Connect with the body.`
vault backup: 2024-06-21 11:03:51 2024-06-21 17:03:51 +00:00			`- Focus on your breathing.`
			`- Press your feet into the floor.`
			`- Clench your fists and release.`
vault backup: 2024-06-21 10:58:51 2024-06-21 16:58:51 +00:00			`- E - Engage with the environment. Ask yourself:`
			`- What am I noticing around me?`
			`- What am I doing?`
			`- Who's around me?`