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 Bring more joy to your life through daily mindfulness
In childhood, we are taught not to speak while having a meal. As grown-ups, we often find ourselves reading papers, watching TV news, working on something or even closing business deals while eating. Multitasking is a highly appreciated attribute nowadays. But, at the same time multitasking robs our daily life of the mindfulness joy, replacing it with mindlessness.
Those familiar at all with the Buddhist practices know that mindfulness can be much more than a simple meditation technique used from time to time to reduce stress. When it is practiced on a daily basis, mindfulness becomes your way of being. Mindfulness calls for full and non-judgmental awareness of the current moment, leading to a more serene and overall better life. When starting to practice mindfulness, in order to get in the right mood, short meditation sessions are recommended. But full benefits will start showing only when we practice daily mindfulness. Here are some ways of transitioning from short meditation sessions to daily mindfulness, by squeezing through your daily activities mindfulness moments:
As you get up from the bed in the morning, try to become aware of your feet touching the floor and supporting the weight of your entire body.
While walking, notice every step you take and the sensations that every move sends to your body.
Try daily mindfulness by becoming aware of something nice as often as possible: it could be the sunlight, the rain, a flower, a child, a butterfly, the crickets singing in the silence of a summer night.
Fill each blank moment within your daily life with mindfulness, by becoming aware of your breath. You can do this while waiting for the green light to turn on, while waiting your turn in a line or your computer to take some updates. Use also unexpected noises to notice your breath. Could be a phone call, the doorbell or the microwave oven sound.
Just eat during your meals. Enjoy every bite you take from your food.
Have mindful conversations. Keep your thoughts from wandering around when your listen to someone.
If you follow these simple guidelines daily, mindfulness will make its way into your life. In no time, you will find yourself disabling the automatic-pilot your were functioning on and enabling what Suzuki Roshi called “Beginner’s mind” – the ability to pay attention to everything as if it was the first time you experienced it. In the long run, adopting this way of looking at things through daily mindfulness will prove to be a transformational experience. Jon Kabat-Zin, the father of Mindfulness in Western culture, compared mindfulness meditation with embodying the qualities of a mountain: greatness, stillness, abiding presence. When it is practiced daily, mindfulness becomes a part of us and helps us build into ourselves mountains of calmness and wisdom.
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