I am coping with mindfulness: object mindfulness, body awareness, and Shambala meditation techniques I learned in warrior training (they offer free classes in some cities and mindfulness you learn in dialectical behavioral therapy is based on meditation like Shambala is). I find sometimes mindfulness is more helpful, because I'm so scared meditation just makes me focus on my illness where as mindfulness distracts me from the emotional pain of the illness. Although meditation helps me to see it and work through it if it isn't too challenging. It's hard to see past the self when voices and delusions are yelling at you or you feel paranoid about the noises outside.