I was personally struggling to concentrate on my studies due to emotional stress.

Hence, I
am finding new ways to calm my senses and try to improve my concentration. I have always
thought that a method of coping stress is to just relax and do something else that I might
enjoy, but often that stress relief is just temporary. Therefore, when I am exposed to these
new methods of calming my mind. I am quite sceptical about it. During the body awareness
exercise, I felt uneasy initially. This is because it felt very weird to be told to feel something
running through your body. However, after the session I find myself more relaxed than
usual, it helped relief tenseness on my shoulder and back. Comparing this exercise to
“Headspace Guided Practice”, I feel that this exercise is easier and made me feel more at
ease. In the “Headspace Guided Practice” my mind tends to wander off because I was told
to think about nothing but thinking about nothing made me think about everything. But the
body awareness exercise focused on my body so that my mind is fixated onto something
and will not wander off easily.
Through the exercises I have found ways to reorganise myself and reframe my work life. The
opportunity to practice mindfulness has force me to take breaks in a day and pulled me
away from negative thought that I might have. Practicing such techniques daily after waking
up and before going to bed feels like a “proper” start in the day (beginning of a chapter) and
a “proper” end in the night (ending of a chapter) respectively. Maybe this could be a way
that helps me to feel more aware about my feeling for the whole day. Thinking about what I
have done and what cause some discomforts that I could change to make my day more
fruitful and enjoyable. Such minor practices turns out to be an impactful stress-management
intervention.