Stillness has a strength, a calming effect on us and our surroundings. Our being still slows down the world around us, allowing us to focus and concentrate on the essential.
To be still takes courage in this frenetic, chaotic world where everyone is always in a rush. Being still allows us to find the strength from within, rather than outside.

The Strength of Stillness

<ul>
<li>Find a time in the early morning hours when it is quiet, making sure you don’t fill your mind with junk and anxiety by checking your phone notifications.</li>
<li>Just sit and try to be comfortable with the concept of doing nothing: no drinking, no snacking, no planning your day. Just embracing calm.</li>
<li>Gradually, you will find other pockets of time during the day when you can just be, and your calmness will help you create stuff, exercise, work and do everything more effectively.</li>
</ul>

Finding Stillness

“Activity conquers cold, but stillness conquers heat.”

To escape the chaos of our daily lives, many of us try to meditate, mistaking it for another activity, something we have to do.
The concept of sitting still is doing absolutely nothing, a concept alien to many of us with a mindset of always doing stuff.

Being Vs Doing

This act of inaction is not natural to us, as we are never taught to just be, but to always do something.
But just by pausing, closing your eyes and sitting still for a minute and just focusing on your breath as it happens is the antidote to all the stress that the noise creates.

Pause And Be Still

“Silence is a source of great strength.”

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If you're struggling with mindfulness, maybe you’re making it bigger than it needs to be.You can notice a wandering mind in the shower or while you’re drinking your coffee. You can take a deep breath before you hit send or snap at your spouse. And you can remember that no matter how spacey, forgetful, impulsive, or reactive you’ve been, you can always begin again.

Don't set unrealistic expectations

If you want to get better at practicing mindfulness, don't forget to be curious.Sometimes the details of daily life aren’t all that enjoyable. Traffic is boring, and your colleague at work is annoying. But what if we stop wishing reality was different and got curious about it? We might not miss our freeway exit. And we’d learn that our coworker is going through a messy divorce. Life would feel a little bit easier.

Be curious 

Don't practice being mindful only when you're upset.While mindfulness can certainly be helpful in difficult moments, our brains have a hard time learning or doing something new when they’re under stress. The more you practice paying attention to the present moment when you’re calm and happy, the easier and more effective it’ll be when you’re freaking out.

Your mood matters

Our brains are wired to think, worry, remember, predict, plan, and regret. Mindfulness asks us to swim against the tide of these mental habits. We need support in this practice, with books, lectures, classes, and conversations with like-minded friends.

Ask for support

One of the reasons mindfulness seems hard is the fact that you don't understand it. Mindfulness doesn't mean perfect focus and happiness at all times.Mindfulness is about choosing to focus your attention on the present moment, about noticing when your mind wanders and bringing it back to what’s right in front of you.

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This collection will show you how to direct all of your attention and awareness to the present

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Think your brain just isn't made for mindfulness? Think again. Busy mind, scattered focus, more to do than you can handle? Join the club. Every time I talk about mindfulness, I hear: "My brain is way too busy to be mindful." "My ADD is so bad; I just can't focus."

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Ironically, the pursuit of happiness can lead us into the eternal trap of chasing unhappiness

is the observed tendency of humans to quickly return to a relatively stable level of happiness despite major positive or negative events or life changes.

The hedonic threadmill

1) It's never enough — you'll always want more2) The outside world can never deliver lasting happiness3) Instead of looking at the external, look inside

3 things about the hedonic threadmill

<ul><li>meditation</li><li>gratitude</li><li>exercise</li></ul>

How to get off the threadmill

This is something I struggle with from time to time, putting it out there to serve as a reminder.

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<ul><li>Be clear about your aim. Bring purpose to your activity by consciously envisioning how you want your guide your session. </li><li>Warm-up (5 minutes). </li><li>Settle into a rhythm (10 to 15 minutes). </li><li>Challenge yourself (10 to 15 minutes). Try faster speed, more repetitions, or heavier weights, depending on what you are doing. </li><li>Cool down (5 minutes).</li><li>Rest (5 minutes). </li></ul>

Mindful Workout

First thing in the morning:<ul><li>Close your eyes and connect with the sensations of your seated body.</li><li>Take three long, deep, nourishing breaths—breathing in through your nose and out through your mouth. Then let your breath settle into its own rhythm,</li><li>Ask yourself: “What is my intention for today?” and then set that intention.</li><li>Throughout the day, check in with yourself. Pause, take a breath and revisit your intention. </li></ul>

Mindful Wakeup

<ul><li>Trip over what you want to do. If you intend to do some yoga or to meditate, put your yoga mat or your meditation cushion in the middle of your floor.</li><li>Refresh your triggers regularly - add variety or make them funny so they stick with you longer.</li><li>Create new patterns. You could try a series of “If this, then that” messages to create easy reminders to shift into slow brain.</li></ul>

Mindful Pause

<ul><li>Breathe before eating. </li><li>Listen to your body and measure your hunger.</li><li>Eat according to your hunger. You can more mindfully choose what to eat, when to eat, and how much to eat. </li><li>Practice peaceful eating. It’s not easy to digest or savor your food if you aren’t relaxed.</li><li>If you don’t love it, don’t eat it. Make a mindful choice about what to eat based on what you really enjoy.</li></ul>

Mindful Eating

<ul><li>Take a deep breath. This simple, yet profound advice helps bring more oxygen into your body and widens the space between the stimulus of the traffic and your heightened stress reaction. In this space lies perspective and choice.</li><li>Ask yourself what you need and give that to yourself. It may be in that moment that you need to feel safe, at ease or you just need some relief. </li><li>Look around and recognize that all the other drivers are just like you. Everyone on the road wants the same thing you do—to feel safe, have a sense of ease, and to be happy.</li></ul>

Mindful Driving

Your day-to-day activities offer ample opportunities to call up mindfulness in any moment. These simple practices will breathe space into your daily routines. How often have you rushed out the door and into your day without even thinking about how you'd like things to go?

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It is where you stubbornly stay up late at night because you feel like you didn't get any time to yourself.
You barely had time for dinner and a shower after work. Maybe you watched a few episodes of a show or read a book. Now you're in bed, but you are not ready for sleep. You keep on scrolling because you feel unsatisfied in some way.

Revenge Bedtime Procrastination

Revenge bedtime procrastination is the phenomenon where you stubbornly stay up late for no reason because you feel like you didn't get any time to yourself.

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