RADSEC

SOBER Pause  
The brief practice covers 5 stages: 
 
1. Stopping and coming out of auto-pilot 
 
2. Observing our experience and our way of relating to what we become aware of i.e. thoughts, feelings, sensations 
 
3. Body - opening with curiosity and noticing points of contact 
 
4. Extending to noticing the whole body and releasing the weight as best we can 

5. Responding with intention as moving to the next moments of our day.

Sober Pause

SOBER Pause - the brief practice covers 5 stages: 
1. Stopping and coming out of auto-pilot 
2. Observing our experience (Passengers on the Bus) and our way of relating to what we become aware of i.e. thoughts, feelings, sensations 
3. Body - opening with curiosity and noticing points of contact 
4. Extending to noticing the whole body and releasing the weight as best we can 
5. Responding with intention and aligning with values that will support transitioning to the next moments of our day

Sober Pause for ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)

This is a brief Feet on the Floor Body on the Chair (FOFBOC) mindfulness practice to support grounding in the body in the here and now. The practice invites you to connect to the contact points and support where the body meets the ground and the chair.

Grounding with FOFBOC - Feet on the Floor Body on the Chair

We can practice meeting ourselves with care when things are tough. We can notice our inner tone to self and bring, the intention at least, to meet ourselves like we would someone we really care about. A caring, comforting, soothing gesture is one natural way to activate our neurobiological response. U-turning our care giving system for ourselves.

MEETING OURSELVES with a CARING GESTURE

This is a Body Scan practice supporting connecting with the direct experience of different parts of the body. The practice supports the development of our innate capacity for present moment awareness, and trains the retaining and shifting of our attentional capacity, with a quality of attending with care and appreciation to ourselves.

SCANNING THE BODY with CARE

We are a Collective including initiators of the Radical Caring agenda wishing to bring Caring centre stage to our ways of being and designing cultural and societal systems. We advocate the importance of Care for Self, Care for Others and Care for the Planet as foundations for wellbeing and thriving for individuals, communities and societies. We are also the designers of the new Radical Self-Care (RadSec) approach, and offer therapeutic group and 1:1 work including RadSec, Mindfulness, Compassion, CFT, ACT and more.  

Contact: miia.chambers@mindchwf.org.uk or radicalcaring@gmail.com