By Juliette FosterPublished on September 25, 2014Last modified September 19, 2019
How aware are you of the thoughts, feelings, and sensations inside your body? Do you ever truly focus on every sensation you experience? If so then you are probably a believer in mindfulness. Mindfulness is a very important concept in Buddhism and it focuses on the concept that by being in the moment and being aware of every thought and feeling your body experiences you can enhance your physical and mental well being.
Here are six ways you can become more mindful:
1 – Rise and Shine
Being mindful can start from the minute you wake up every morning. Before you jump out of bed to get on with your day take some time to focus on the environment you are waking up in and the sensations of the world around you. If you start your day in a mindful day then you will start it calm and relaxed, and you will find your days are calmer and happier.
2 – Enjoy Your Food
Many people are so time poor that they wolf down their food, and a vast percentage of the population even eat their lunch at their desk whilst continuing with their work at the same time. Instead to eat more mindfully, eating should be the only thing you focus on. Taste your food, savor every mouthful, and experience the flavors and textures you may never have experienced before.
3 – Stop Multitasking
We live in a society where people value multitasking and the ability to do more than one thing at the same time is highly praised. However multitasking doesn’t make you more productive: if anything it can slow you down and cause unnecessary stress and pressure. Use mindfulness to focus wholly on just one task at a time and you’ll find yourself feeling calmer and happier, and less prone to rushing or making mistakes.
4 – Take a Walk
In our rushed and modern society we are used to always being busy. However one of the best ways to be mindful and focus on yourself is to simply take time out. Take a walk and and think about how that meditative exercise makes you feel. Focus on your breathing and on how your body feels as you move it. Even a walk to the grocery store or round the block can become mindful walking if you focus your mind as you do it.
5 – Let it Ring
When your phone rings don’t rush mindlessly to answer it. Instead take a second or two to focus on your breathing and gather your thoughts before you answer. Focus on the effect the ringing phone has on your body (it causes many people to become more tense, for example) and breath deeply before you mindfully take your call.
6 – Capture The Scene
Finally, if you really want to be as mindful as possible in your everyday life then try your hand at mindful photography: no camera required! Take mental photographs of everything you find interesting and everything you’d like to remember as you do around your everyday life. Think about what details you’d like to capture and take the time to focus on them to commit them to memory.
If one can look into his mind and find all his experiences in an order of priority and easily retrievable, his mindfulness makes sense. No use filling a basket that can`t hold.
Basically pay attention to things that we considered habitually as small or have less value, like sweeping the floor, eating, washing dishes, walking, running etc
I have just been introduced to "how to be mindful" this year, so it is still work in progress. I value Power of Positivity and have made it a part of my day. Thank you!
Juliette Foster is a writer who, after a period of quite severe depression and anxiety last year, decided to put her experiences to good use to try and help others. She turned to mindfulness training as a way to help manage her panic attacks and bouts of low mood. These had been brought on after a particularly traumatic time with the death of her father and the subsequent illness of her mother. Although she's by no means recovered, mindfulness has helped her to cope and manage how she suffers and to minimise the debilitating symptoms of her illness.
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Thank you very much,i realy love your post.
If one can look into his mind and find all his experiences in an order of priority and easily retrievable, his mindfulness makes sense. No use filling a basket that can`t hold.
Basically pay attention to things that we considered habitually as small or have less value, like sweeping the floor, eating, washing dishes, walking, running etc
Thanks
positive mind =positive body=positive person
positive mind =positive body=positive person
So so true! One word: really take time to appreciate fully every moment ti's all the différence…..
I have just been introduced to "how to be mindful" this year, so it is still work in progress. I value Power of Positivity and have made it a part of my day. Thank you!
This is so inspiring
I like your openions and thoughts.