Our approach · Part 3 of 6
We look for something you can connect to: an accessible way of becoming familiar with your mind as it is. Experience may be comfortable or uncomfortable. Curiosity and playfulness belong in the exploration. You do not have to label everything or immediately do something about what you notice.
Attention moves and changes. At times it may feel constricted, scattered or dispersed; at others, more spacious or grounded. We stay close to what you recognise. The forms and images offered here are starting points, adapted around what you can connect to. You begin recognising for yourself what happens in your experience.
An anchor with a line in the ocean
Nisha’s image is an anchor with a line in the ocean. The ocean is internal mental experience, with its movement and push and pull. Pen and paper may offer a point of contact: a way to remain with that experience without getting lost in its movement.
The image gives us somewhere to begin a conversation about contact. What can you connect to, and what is it like to remain with your experience? Movement or another accessible form may offer a different way in. We can adapt the invitation around your receptivity and follow what you find workable.
The invitation can be short and playful. Five minutes, perhaps twice a day, is one possibility to adapt with your coach to what feels realistic. What you bring back is the experience: what made contact possible, how it moved or changed and what helped you remain with it. The form can change as you discover more.
Questions to explore
What helped me remain in contact with my experience?
What did I notice about how the experience moved or changed?
Why this part is here
An accessible point of contact gives you a way to become familiar with your experience, whether comfortable or uncomfortable. Returning to it can help you recognise your own sensitivity and develop confidence in responding from what you know directly. We can revisit this starting point throughout the course.