Dr Sophie Jayamaha

The body gets diseased in a number of ways. The diseases can be categorised according to the underlying disease process or the mechanism that alters the body tissues.   These mechanisms are: 1. Infective 2. Inflammatory 3. Neoplasmic 4. Traumatic 5. Degenerative 6. Cytotoxic These disease processes in the body, are initiated by other causes such as poor hygiene, poor ventilation, dehydration, nutritional deficiency, exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure, high velocity, substance abuse and physical and mental stress etc.  All these causes above are ultimately come under our responsibility. Those causes can be prevented or minimised by managing our behaviour. Our behaviour depends on our attention and awareness. When we are mindful we can manage our attention and awareness to prevent harm and to improve safety and wellness. Mindfulness not only help us to change our behaviour it also has a direct influence in managing the body's stress response. In

Mindfulness is the state of present moment awareness without interpreting with our own judgment. It is an impersonal experience. Anxiety, anger, panic, fear and stress are all caused by not being in the state of mindfulness. One cannot explore and experience the true nature of the body, mind and the environment without being in the state of mindfulness. We are not fully aware of our experience when we are not mindful. We cannot use the body, mind and the environment appropriately, safely and for our benefit when we are not mindful. You can see with clarity only when you recognise what is distorting reality such as assumptions and denials.It removes our blindfolds and makes us see what we haven't seen before. It removes our fixed views and can be life-changing. That helps to adjust any imbalances in life. Mindfulness allows us to see clearly the influence of our mind on the physical body. It also makes you see that the sadness, depression, fear an

Mindfulness can be defined many ways but most simple and practical approach is to bring your awareness in to the present moment experience and noticing it without judging only through your own interpretation, because our own interpretations are based on limited information and limited awareness. We can improve our awareness through mindfulness. Everything we see, hear , smell, touch, taste and feel are subjected to how we perceive and interpret with our own limited knowledge about them. Therefore they do not give us the true and whole picture of what we perceive. It is like a blind man touching one part of an elephant and interpreting what an elephant is. When we begin to notice things, places and people as they are without bringing our own interpretation so firmly, we tend to open and allow different perspectives and different views.   Then we begin to notice them differently to how we perceived before. When you change the way you see, what you look