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DBT Showing Appreciations for our Body and Mind

Showing appreciation for the various emotions within our minds
By 이승하 Seungha Lee, MSc

In the previous DBT skill training session, we did a very special mindfulness that is the mindfulness of ‘Showing Appreciations for our Body and Mind’.

 

We observed and showed appreciation for our eyes, nose, lips, ears, neck, hands, feet, and hips,
our stomach, liver, kidneys, lungs, and heart.

 
Lastly, we showed appreciation for the various emotions within our minds.

 

If you are ready, join the mindful journey of showing appreciation for your mind and body.

 

Relax your shoulders in a comfortable position.
Close your eyes. Think of all the elements of your body and mind
and thank them mindfully.

 

Dear eyes, thank you for letting us see our beloved ones,
the beautiful scenery, and what we wish to see. 

 

Dear neck, thank you for supporting our head and for allowing the expression of opinions.

 

Dear feet, thank you for guiding us where we wish to go,
and for supporting our whole body.

 

Dear stomach, thank you for absorbing the essential nutrition for our body.

 

Dear heart, thank you for restlessly transporting oxygen and nutrition inside our bodies even when we are asleep.

 

Dear various emotions within, thank you for conveying important messages and protecting us.

 

Slowly and deeply breathe-in and out.
If you feel you are ready,
open your eyes and come back to the present.

Change seems difficult but can be easy.

"I have now acquired many skills that I can use to keep myself under control."

DBT Client

It feels like a very short period of time has gone through, but when I think about it it was a very long period of time. When I started writing this testimonial, the first thing that came to my mind was my second visit to the Tree Group.

Though things aren’t clear anymore, what I know for sure is that I was confused with everything back then. I was unstable, doubtful, and insular.

 

In the classes, the clinicians suggest us various experiences for us to try out and share our experiences with other classmates, but I felt a great amount of pressure with the sharing. I had to speak publicly in front of many people, and I would be self-conscious, hesitant, and blushed as I had no such experience like that. I stopped numerous times as I kept telling myself I would make mistakes.

 

Now I know it for sure. Things I used to consider odd is now reasonable for me, it seems odd that I even label it ‘reasonable’. When I can’t understand a person and his/her emotions, isn’t it only reasonable to accept before commenting on it? Now that I reach this thought, I think I am a very accepting person!

 

I have now acquired many skills that I can use to keep myself under control.

 

I would like to articulate the emotions that I learned by heart at the Tree Group but I can’t, probably because it feels like decades have passed. I have changed to a great extent so am not able to recall myself from back then.

* We appreciate our clients for their honest and sincere testimonials.