Mindfulness and Self-Awareness

Being in the present moment is one of the most important and helpful skills for traumatized people (Fisher 1999). To acquire and develop it, mindfulness and self-awareness are necessary. Hence, both form fundamental elements of stabilization, enabling us to act on our body in a regulating way, so that our inner self can calm down. With their help we can center ourselves and come into our core. Moreover, we can gain inner distance to stirring, burdensome and threatening emotions, thoughts, memories, inner images and body sensations.