At The Mindful Wellness Center of Austin, we believe that everyone deserves access to affordable mental health care. That's why we've compiled a list of resources for low-cost counseling, support groups, and psychiatric care in Austin, TX. Whether you're facing stress, anxiety, depression, life changes, or relationship challenges, these accessible counseling services can provide the support you need without breaking the bank.
Read MoreMindfulness can play a valuable role in helping us tune in to our needs as we adjust to this relatively new technology. Allowing ourselves to take a moment prior to joining an online meeting to practice grounding and focus our attention can help us transition into the virtual setting more easily.
Read MoreNegative self-talk can manifest as a voice in our heads that belittles and judges us. We may be continuously scanning for ways that we don’t measure up to our own standards or those of others. Recognizing these recurring thoughts is the first step in changing them. Once we become aware of these thought patterns, we can begin to replace them with more self-compassionate ones.
Read MoreExplore how you can start meditating by picturing yourself on an amusement park ride, filled with uncertainty, and using your breath as your anchor into the present moment of safety.
Read MoreThe Mindful Wellness Center of Austin is excited to announce an on-line group class called Mindfulness Skill Development that will in late April. This 6-week group class will open your mind and body to cultivate mindfulness and build mindfulness-based coping skills to help reduce the intensity of stress and anxiety.
Mindfulness is an evidenced-based practice that is very effective in reducing symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression. However it takes time and practice to cultivate mindfulness and this affordable class is an ideal way to develop coping skills and techniques.
Read MoreIt is important to remember our intentions throughout the day. A helpful way to do this is to find moments for mindfulness in the routine part of our days. Most people who get into mindfulness find that paying attention to your breath throughout the day can help emotional processing, alleviate anxiety, and remind yourself of your principles and values.
Read MoreMeditation is medicine. It’s an ancient practice that modern science has proven to increase gray matter in the brain, establish new neural pathways, and can even help the body and mind deal with issues that plague us. It can be great to treat overthinking, sleep, energy, and motivational issues. Cultivating mindfulness can get us to the point where we don’t have to feel controlled by our emotions, but rather see our emotions as a guide.
Read MoreThe Mindful Wellness Center of Austin (MWCA) is excited to participate in Amplify Austin this year, March 2-3, 2022. Amplify Austin is the biggest fundraising event of the year for Central Texas non-profits.
Through donations and matching gifts, people come together to support Central Texas non-profit organizations that they are passionate about and that make Central Texas a better place to live for all of us. We hope our fundraising efforts during Amplify Austin will help us secure matching funds so that we can continue to delivery mindful and holistic mental health services to Central Austin residents.
Read MoreLove is hard to find. There is a vulnerability necessary that for a lot of people can feel so intimidating. Getting married felt to me like making a leap of faith. While it was happening, I could not help but be aware of those feelings of love, trust, and vulnerability that Thích Nhất Hạnh spoke about. It felt like a long exhale throughout my body that provided relief and nourishment.
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