Mandala Of Awareness
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How to use this mandala...
AWARENESS: This is the "what". Help your client look at their feelings and emotions with a flashlight. Ask simple questions to help your client get clear on WHAT they are feeling.
You could try asking, "What are you feeling right now?" and "What else?"
You can also go a little deeper and ask, "So, what is it like for you to feel like that?"
ACKNOWLEDGE: This is about acknowledging what they're feeling witnesses their pain so they feel both validated and supported.
Try something like, "That sounds hard/painful/difficult for you."
Also, a great way to get people out of thinking and into the experience is to ask, "Where in your body do you feel that?" and "What is that like?"
ALLOW: The simplest, but hardest step. Feelings can be painful and are often irrational - and we know it! So of course people try to avoid feeling them. But it's the very avoidance of feeling (what we already feel!) that keeps them stuck. Helping them allow their feelings is as simple as sitting there with them - and doing nothing.
Try saying, "It takes a lot of courage to do this - how about we just sit with that for a moment?" Then literally sit with them while they experience it.
You'll need to use YOUR gut-feelings to decide when to move on - maybe noticing a shift in their body language, position or energy.
To wrap-up you can ask them "How was the experience for you? And how do you feel now?" Hopefully they will feel a little lighter and be able to take their next steps from a place of authenticity and strength - instead of fear and avoidance!
AWARENESS: This is the "what". Help your client look at their feelings and emotions with a flashlight. Ask simple questions to help your client get clear on WHAT they are feeling.
You could try asking, "What are you feeling right now?" and "What else?"
You can also go a little deeper and ask, "So, what is it like for you to feel like that?"
ACKNOWLEDGE: This is about acknowledging what they're feeling witnesses their pain so they feel both validated and supported.
Try something like, "That sounds hard/painful/difficult for you."
Also, a great way to get people out of thinking and into the experience is to ask, "Where in your body do you feel that?" and "What is that like?"
ALLOW: The simplest, but hardest step. Feelings can be painful and are often irrational - and we know it! So of course people try to avoid feeling them. But it's the very avoidance of feeling (what we already feel!) that keeps them stuck. Helping them allow their feelings is as simple as sitting there with them - and doing nothing.
Try saying, "It takes a lot of courage to do this - how about we just sit with that for a moment?" Then literally sit with them while they experience it.
You'll need to use YOUR gut-feelings to decide when to move on - maybe noticing a shift in their body language, position or energy.
To wrap-up you can ask them "How was the experience for you? And how do you feel now?" Hopefully they will feel a little lighter and be able to take their next steps from a place of authenticity and strength - instead of fear and avoidance!