Meditation : focus on breathing

When we experience events, we are disturbed by “parasitic” thoughts, feelings, and body sensations that we may not always be aware of. Such a state can be analyzed as “being on autopilot”. Thus, the objective of relaxation through meditation is to increase our awareness of what we are doing at any given moment. Indeed, the feelings and the sensations that we have mentioned are linked to negative emotions that increase anxiety and undermine morale, particularly in patients with high levels of psychological distress. The goal is to bring about cognitive and emotional changes. It should of course be stressed that we only resort to this technique for psychotherapeutic purposes. By mobilizing it, we do not pursue any religious or mystic purposes. This technique has allowed to obtain encouraging results in stress management programs, or in the prevention of depressive relapses.