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Relating mindfully is a powerful gift to your partner

Relating Mindfully - Yosemite Valley

Mindfulness is not just an introspective activity, in fact relating mindfully becomes a gift to those around us in relating to them.

In a mindful state, we become less reactive, more present with people and more loving;

Some ways to be more present in your relationships:

  • Take the time to connect with your partner: On waking, leaving the house, arriving home and before sleep, take the a few moments to really connect – to look in each others eyes, say hello and have a hug
  • How are you really? – when someone asks you how you are change it from a unconscious “fine” to an opportunity to be mindful of how you really feel.
  • When something someone says triggers you – your partner, your boss, your friend, whoever, try this. Take a few breaths, feel your feet on the ground and PAUSE. Feel any emotion in your body and use your breath to centre yourself. And then decide whether you are ready to give a measured response now or if it’s better to take some time out and come back to them later!
  • Triggers and painful emotions can be a key to understanding ourselves better if we know how to process them effectively. To read more about this, click here.

 
 Mindfulness is then a gift to others and can transform your relationships!

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Ajay Hawkes
For more than three decades Ajay has explored mindfulness and body centred therapies. Over time this interest developed into a passion and a career as a counsellor & psychotherapist since 2012. With both parents practising therapists, Ajay grew up in an environment where personal growth and development was the norm. In 2004 he began working as a trainer, coach and mentor. Now with a Masters degree in social work and hundreds of hours training in Hakomi and as a group leader training Ajay offers a life time of experience and training in his career as a counsellor. Over the years Ajay has worked with a wide range of clients from CEOs to prisoners, building up his experience in a counselling agency, working with alcohol and drug users 1:1 and in men’s groups. Then he went into private practice to offer his work to the general public and to those interested in meditation and personal growth. Ajay is based in Fremantle and offers counselling & psychotherapy services to the wider Perth metro area.