In this Mindful Monday series, we have presented many different ways of being mindful and many different benefits of having a mindfulness Practice. We know that mindfulness is a deliberate practice and a deliberate experience of being present in the moment.
Today, I’m excited to talk about a passion of mine, which is working with the core issues and the Ego States within mindfulness meditation. Meditation helps us to move away from our wounded childego state and toward our functional adult ego state.
The Wounded Child Ego State
Rio Retreat Centere At The Meadows, we teach about the ego states as they were laid out by Senior Fellow Pia Mellody in her work on the Model of Developmental Immaturity. She explains that how our thinking and beliefs can be distorted in the wounded child ego state.
Sometimes, when we find ourselves in our wounded child ego state, we feel like we’re not as goodas other people and we feel badabout ourselves.
We also tend to feel very vulnerable. We’re not able to protect ourselves when someone is critical or just not being present with us. We take it personally. We tend to have difficulty staying present because we give into our distorted thinking and we feel uncomfortable being in our bodies.
Moderation as a Spiritual Practice
I and my team had the wonderful privilege of spending some time with Pia Mellody recently. She reminded us all that working on our core issues and learning to live moderately is a spiritual practice.
It’s a spiritual practice to love ourselves and feel equal to other people.
Content Source - By Nancy Minister, Workshop Facilitator, Rio Retreat Center at The Meadows
This post first appeared on Tied Up In Knots: The Anxiety Of Living With Unresolved Grief, please read the originial post: here
