About Rezl

[niki]

Rezl is a smartphone app designed to increase resilience in all of us. Rezl uses “Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy” (or MBCT) which is scientifically proven to reduce anxiety and low mood; to increase job satisfaction and life satisfaction; to improve concentration - increasing productivity and reducing mistakes; to make people more open to the views of others; and for elite performers, it increases their level of performance and “flow”. For more information on the Rezl app then please visit www.rezl.com. Please email any questions to [email protected]

 

[niki]

 

[fiona]

The rezl sessions often get us to practice focusing on the breath - "to return to the breath" - why is this?

 

[eva]

The rezl sessions often get us to practice focusing on the breath - "to return to the breath" - why is this?

It's really about having a single thing to focus on so that we notice when the mind wanders (…as that is what minds tend to do!). WE all breath... so it is a good thing to focus on.... or it would be distracting! Focusing on our breathing is in itself calming and prevents us from thinking about the past or worrying about the future.

Yet there’s a little more to it than this. We’ve automated so much of how we react that we are often unaware of the thoughts and emotions arising within us. The practice of focusing on the breath reduces our habit of allowing thoughts and reactions to be managed by our autopilot. In this way we become aware of our reactions; and so we can start to identify those that do not serve us and which we would like to change. Without being aware, how can we change?

So, the first step is to reduce the tendency of the mind to wander. That is why we focus on the breath