A Mindful Moment

Imagine if you could clear your mind, be happier more often, and reduce your stress levels!

Catch the small moments! Mindfulness practice helps you to notice more of your own experience and to live each day more deeply.

Mindfulness is the practice of purposely focusing your attention on the present moment—and accepting it without judgment. Mindfulness is now being examined scientifically and has been found to be a key element in stress reduction and overall happiness.

What are some of the benefits of mindfulness?

-Releasing Stress

-Improve Focus

-Grow Self Awareness

-Finding Meaning

-Manage your Inner Critic

-Grow Self Confidence

-Cultivate more Joy

Some easy Mindfulness techniques we can integrate into our lives:

There is more than one way to practice mindfulness, but the goal of any mindfulness technique is to achieve a state of alert, focused relaxation by deliberately paying attention to thoughts and sensations without judgment. This allows the mind to refocus on the present moment. All mindfulness techniques are a form of meditation.

Basic mindfulness meditation – Sit quietly and focus on your natural breathing or on a word or “mantra” that you repeat silently. Allow thoughts to come and go without judgment and return to your focus on breath or mantra.

Body sensations – Notice subtle body sensations such as an itch or tingling without judgment and let them pass. Notice each part of your body in succession from head to toe.

Sensory – Notice sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and touches. Name them “sight,” “sound,” “smell,” “taste,” or “touch” without judgment and let them go.

Emotions – Allow emotions to be present without judgment. Practice a steady and relaxed naming of emotions: “joy,” “anger,” “frustration.” Accept the presence of the emotions without judgment and let them go.

Imagine yourself walking down by the most beautiful beach and going through thoughts about your job, the unfinished projects, random interactions with people in the past, making you become so busy with your thoughts that you forget to enjoy your walk. Now imagine yourself having no thoughts and fully experiencing and feeling every touch of sand and water, feeling the sunlight and enjoying the fresh air while observing the sound of the waves breaking and being washed down by your feet. The change in perception and the perspective of the experience is truly amazing.

Adapting and implementing Mindfulness into your life can make a simple task such as cleaning dishes or making food into a very pleasant and profound experience. Being present becomes the ultimate catalyst for the life to be experienced in it’s full flavour!

https://youtu.be/-2zdUXve6fQ

Beautiful Meditation if u like to give yourself an ultimate Zen Moment! 

Be present – be here & now! 💙

Thank you,

Lorena xx