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Adaptation Practice (AP)

AP was founded in 1978 and has remained the foundation of mindfulness-based practice and meditation - and therapy - for the last thirty-two years. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is partly based on this practice.

When life is not how we want it to be, when it hurts, upsets or disturbs us, or when we are depressed, frightened or annoyed we can do something positive to change.

If we can change what is upsetting or disturbing us then all is well.

But when we cannot change what is upsetting and disturbing us then either we can continue to be upset and disturbed or we can change instead.

We might not be able to change our neighbours or our past or our emotions (how we feel) but we can always change ourselves.

We can adapt and when we adapt we are no longer hurt, upset or disturbed by life not being how we would like it to be. Consider what happened in the following example.

A 75 year old woman had been miserable and depressed for ten years because of arthritis in her legs and hands. She hobbled around in pain on two sticks. About three months after starting AP she came in one day with a smile on her face and said “Good morning”.

I had never seen her smile before. I asked “Are your legs and hands getting better?”

“Oh, no,” she said, “they’re as stiff and painful as ever. But I don’t mind any more!”

She had stopped fighting against what she disliked: that is, being crippled and in pain.

She had adapted. Her legs had not changed. The pain had not changed. Her likes and dislikes had not changed. Her sensitivity had not changed. She had changed.

Now fifteen years later, at the age of 90, she is in a wheel chair and still smiling.

Other people have done the same with depression, anxiety, anger and stress, with grief, obsessive-compulsive problems, with phobias and with eating disorders. Obese people have reduced to normal healthy weights.

It can be difficult if not impossible to understand what this means unless you have put AP into practice yourself.

Adaptation Practice (AP) enables us to understand and deal with emotion and emotional problems. In dealing with emotional problems AP is safe, effective and lasts a lifetime.

AP is just as effective for performing artists, athletes, military personnel, professionals and business executives who want to improve their performance or overcome doubt, anger or fear or something else about themselves.

This site gives information about AP and brings you up to date with news and events relating to AP. It also provides a forum for discussions and comments on AP and related topics.

Adaptation Practice

Adaptation is fundamental to life. In biology adaptation leads to evolution. read more ...

In individuals adaptation improves the quality of life, health, growth, development, relationships, contentment, and fulfillment. read more ...

In professionals adaptation improves function, skills and performance. read more ...

In business adaptation enables executives to rise to challenges and raise their game. read more ...

In staff adaptation improves morale, loyalty, productivity and reduces absenteeism and staff turnover. read more ...