Healing anxiety with mindfulness and experiential imagery
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Mindfulness as taught in Mindfulness Psychotherapy and Mindfulness Meditation Therapy, is a particular awareness skill that teaches us to be aware of what is happening while it is happening. If you want to change anxiety or depression, you must establish this kind of relationship in which you allow the emotion to exist in the safe space of mindful awareness. Through mindfulness we can maintain this relationship, without becoming caught up in the emotion, or in resisting or fighting the emotion. When you have established this kind of mindful-relationship and provide a safe inner space around the emotion, it will respond by changing.
One of the most interesting ways that emotions unfold is through experiential imagery. This is a very special kind of imagery that arises from the mindful-awareness of an inner emotion. Through mindfulness, we can uncover the detailed structure of this inner imagery, and in the freedom of mindful-consciousness, the imagery will undergo a process of transformation. Our inner innate intelligence, called satipanna by the Buddha, actually uses this experiential imagery to make changes that lead to the resolution of emotional suffering, called dukkha. I had her close her eyes and focus mindfulness on the inner feeling of anxiety, and simply watch to see what emerged. Interestingly, the imagery changed yet again into the inner image of a large green tree. As he focused mindfully on this inner picture, noticing the leaves and branches, his feeling of inner strength and security increased.
Imagery is the natural language of the psyche and frequently arises during Mindfulness Therapy. When we observe this natural, experiential imagery with mindfulness, the imagery always changes in response to our attention. Mindfulness, which is the alive-sensitivity to our present experience, allows us to uncover the experiential imagery at the core of our emotions, providing a very rich medium for inner transformation and healing. In this rich inner environment of experiential imagery, the psyche finds ways to resolve inner suffering and conflict.