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How to focus on the present moment
How to improve relationships through mindful communication
How to reduce stress and anxiety through mindfulness
What meditation is
Meditation is exploring. When we meditate we venture into the workings of our minds: sensations, emotions and thoughts.
Mindfulness meditation asks us to suspend judgment and unleash our natural curiosity about the workings of the mind, approaching our experience with warmth and kindness, to ourselves and others.
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Reasons to practice mindfulness
- Understand your pain. Mindfulness can help you reshape your relationship with mental and physical pain.
- Connect better. Mindfulness helps you give your full attention to people you interact with.
- Lower stress.
- Focus your mind...
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A Simple Meditation Practice
- Sit comfortably.
- Notice what your legs and arms are doing.
- Straighten your upper body—but don’t stiffen.
- Soften your gaze. Drop your chin a little and let your gaze fall gently downward. It’s not necessary to close your eyes.
- Feel your breath. Bring your a...
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“Mindfulness is awareness that arises through paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally. And then I sometimes add, in the service of self-understanding and wisdom.”
JON KABAT-ZINN
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What mindfulness is
Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us.
The philosophy was made popular by Eastern traditions and it's usually linked to the practice of medi...
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Basics of Mindfulness Practice
- You don’t need special equipment, but you do need to set aside some time and space.
- Observe the present moment as it is.
- Let your judgments roll by.
- Return to observing the present moment as it is. ...
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A popular mindfulness meditation called ‘loving-kindness meditation’ guides our mind to focus on the feelings of love, forgiveness and warmth towards ourselves and others.
Mindfulness, and meditation
People often get confused between mindfulness, and meditation. Although they form a similar image inside our mind, but they are a little apart.
Mindfulness simply means to wake up to the inner workings of our mental, emotional, and physical processes.
Psychology & Philosophy of Mindfulness
In psychology, mindfulness has 2 components -
- Attention - moment to moment experience. Paying attention to the thoughts, feelings, sensations in the present moment.
- Attitude - Paying attention to these with an open attitude... ...
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