"The most powerful proof of whether these practices will 'work' for you isn't a study, but direct experience."
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Dr. Sari Roth-Roemer has worked in mindfulness for well over 10 years. Her initial introduction to mindfulness was through meditation and yoga. It wasn’t until one of her colleagues gave her a call to be a part of a mindfulness study that Dr. Roth-Roemer started doing research on the topic of mindfulness and realized that “this was the ticket.” After working on the study, Dr. Roth-Roemer started implementing mindfulness into her practice. She starts by teaching patients to be aware of what’s going on within them and around them: “It makes a difference to realize that you have a choice with what mindset you have. With mindfulness, you become aware that what
Dr. sari roth-roemer
Medical Psychologist and Director of Intuitive Psychology, PLC
you say to yourself is a choice – you have control over that.” Dr. Roth-Roemer claims that the first step of awareness is bringing the unknown, the stuff that is going on in the background, to the foreground. If you aren’t aware, you may automatically go into victim mode and begin to spiral from there. However, when you stop and realize that you are in control, then you can regain authority of your mind: “All meditation is like going to the brain gym, to put your mind where you want to put it when you want to put it. It’s not about getting relaxed or feeling good, those are byproducts of mindfulness.” To be mindful is to be aware and present, but unattached.