The ObservatoryThe body's compass
A calm acceptance exercise for days when your body sets limits: listen, give yourself rest and speak kindly to yourself.
How it works
- From the bookWrite
- Body scanWrite
- What do you need?Write
- A kinder way of thinkingWrite
- Trust in small stepsWrite
Illness carries a paradoxical fragility. It is seldom the ache or the fever that is hardest, but the feeling of no longer being able to be the version of yourself that the world expects: the present parent, the productiv …
Exercise in 5 steps, about 15 minutes. Doing it is part of Premium, which you try free for 7 days with no card. With Premium your answers are saved so you can pick up where you left off and look back at what you wrote.
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Why does it work?
In studies of the mindful self-compassion program, self-compassion has led to greater self-compassion and wellbeing, Neff & Germer (2013), and inflammation can cause symptoms resembling low mood, Dantzer et al. (2008). Body scanning as part of mindfulness has moderate support; rest is not a treatment in itself.
Account, your first assessment with the hexagon and one new measurement every quarter are free. The rest is part of Premium: SEK 99 a month or SEK 699 a year, VAT included.
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