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Date: 06 Oct 2009
Time: 08:39:53 -0500
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Thanks for the feedback Pam I know that it is difficult to do regular meditation. We often think that other things are more importatn. But I find that if I can do it very regularly for half an hour a day I am much more centered and relaxed. I am happy that you have found a way with meditation and yoga in order to be more at peace with you, and with stuttering. We have to go on with mindfulness training and not to care about stuttering. There is Zen joke: A Zen student said: "Master, at last i have found a solution of all my problems. But I have forgotten the problems".. cheers, Stefan Hi, great paper. So much connection between the mind and spirit. I have read some of Jon Kabatt Zin's work on mindfullness, and tried practicing it for a while. Not to improve my fluency, but to just generally find a decent means of stress reduction. I do find that my stuttering increases when I am tired or stressed, and find myself gwetting frustrated that I don't do more stress reduction. I have also thought as you have: "I can have such nice fluent periods. Why can't I have them all the time?" Even though I don't regularly practice mindfullness, it is something I can draw on in times of great stress. I prefer doing it alone, as opposed to in a group. I was also finding it very relaxing to combine yoga with being mindful, but never to decrease my stuttering. I am more or less at peace with it these days! Thanks for a great perspective.