Coaching practices for Effortless Mindfulness Loch Kelly
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- I keep straining to "get into" a meditative state like awareness is something I have to switch on and aim
- I’m stuck way up in my head, this nonstop loop of inner talk running behind my eyes, and I can’t think my way out of it
- My mind feels like it’s running nonstop with no rest, and I’m desperate for even a moment of inner quiet
- Every thought lands like a solid thing sitting in front of me demanding I deal with it right now
- The harder I try to force my mind to be still, the more wound up and restless it gets, and I leave most sessions frustrated that I couldn’t make it calm down
Practices that may help
- Glimpse practice: a 10-second recognition of aware space
Pause, drop the question "What am I aware of?" and simply notice that awareness is already on.
Non-Dual Awareness, Made Practical - Non-Dual Awareness, Made Practical
Non-dual awareness is a mode of consciousness in which attention is no longer exclusively identified with the contents of experience (thoughts, sensations, feelings) but rests as the open, aware space in which those contents appear. Loch Kelly’s "effortless mindfulness" approach uses short recognition exercises to shift into this mode; research on the broader open-monitoring family of practices finds reductions in anxiety and rumination, though non-dual awareness itself is a newer research area with limited controlled trials. - Drop from head-based thinking to open, embodied awareness
Shift location of identity from the chattering mind to the open space of the whole body.
Non-Dual Awareness, Made Practical - Resting in the gap between thoughts
Notice the small silences between thoughts and let attention settle there.
The Power of Now, In Practice - Leaves on a stream visualisation
Picture each thought as a leaf floating downstream — watch it pass without grabbing it.
Detached Mindfulness, Made Practical - Let the mind settle of its own accord
Rather than forcing stillness, create conditions where the mind naturally quiets.
Shamatha: The Buddhist Practice of Calm Abiding - Train in the three difficulties
Notice the habitual pattern, decide to interrupt it, and then work on making the interruption automatic.
Lojong: Tibetan Mind Training - The return — working with a wandering mind
Treat mind-wandering during the body scan as the practice, not a failure — the noticing and returning is the rep.
Body Scan Meditation, Made Practical - The attitudes of mindfulness
Cultivate the inner stances — non-judging, patience, beginner’s mind, acceptance, letting go — that make attention healing rather than harsh.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) - Practise with the unexpected
When things go wrong unexpectedly, use that moment as the actual practice rather than a break from it.
Lojong: Tibetan Mind Training
Related concerns
- Effortless Mindfulness Loch Kelly Welcoming
Pause, drop the question "What am I aware of?" and simply notice that awareness is already on.
Glimpse practice: a 10-second recognition of aware space
- Allowing Mindfulness
Cultivate the inner stances — non-judging, patience, beginner’s mind, acceptance, letting go — that make attention healing rather than harsh.
The attitudes of mindfulness
- Arriving In Mindfulness
Use brief orienting and sensory grounding before entering inward attention and after leaving it.
Ground before and after any mindfulness practice
- David Treleaven Mindfulness
Trauma-sensitive mindfulness, developed by David Treleaven, adapts standard mindfulness practices so they do not inadvertently reactivate or overwhelm people with trauma histories. Standard mindfulness — including sustained inward attention and closed-eye body scanning — can trigger trauma responses in some people. Trauma-sensitive adaptations maintain the evidence-based benefits of mindfulness while reducing that risk. The adaptations are clinically developed and growing in evidence; mindfulness overall has a strong research base.
- Decentering Mindfulness
Shift location of identity from the chattering mind to the open space of the whole body.
Drop from head-based thinking to open, embodied awareness
- Drop From Thinking To Awareness
Shift location of identity from the chattering mind to the open space of the whole body.
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