Mindfulness: a technique in which one focuses one’s full attention only on the present, experiencing thoughts, feelings, and sensations but not judging them.
This is how the dictionary describes mindfulness. Being fully present in the moment. Experiencing, feeling, thinking (but not overthinking).
But why is this important? Isn’t it just a fad? If it is, I highly recommend you grab hold of it and don’t let go! Society would have you believe there’s no time for such things. We’re too busy. We have to do this. We have to go here. We’re lucky if we have time to sleep and eat, much less find time to “experience, feel, and think.” Unless we’re overthinking of course. Most people seem to have plenty of time for that.
But what if we just took time to stop and hear what our bodies are trying to tell us? What if we took time to listen to what God and the universe have planned for us? What if we learned to let go of expectations and take time to just be?
I recently picked up a special edition of Mindful magazine. In it they address things like chronic pain, inflammation, stress, sleep, and even befriending illnesses like cancer. Much of this is done through meditation (that’s a topic for another blog). I don’t know if you’ve looked much into meditation, but it’s the everything mindfulness!
The more we can become fully in the moment, the more we learn to take control of our thoughts, the more at peace we become. In all aspects of life. The more focused we become on the important things in life.
So, who exactly is mindfulness for? Everyone!
When should you practice mindfulness? When you wake up and when you go to sleep. When you’re at work. When you’re working out. When you’re deciding what to put into your body. Pretty much, always.
How do you practice mindfulness? Start small. Find some short guided meditations online (Audible has a few). Take a few minutes a day and journal your thoughts. You’ll find yourself becoming more and more aware as time goes. Before you know it, mindfulness will be a healthy habit! And if my own life is any indication, you’ll begin to feel so much better in every area of your life!
Bottom line is this: In order to move forward, in order to achieve our goals, in order to reach our dreams and live the lives we want, we must become mindful. We must focus on one moment at a time. We can’t get too far ahead of ourselves or we lose sight of what needs to be done now, of what we need now. We can’t focus on the past because it’s already gone. Take your lessons, learn from them, and move forward, into the now. Live in the moment. Experience, think, feel. Right now. In this moment.
Are you ready to take hold of your health? Start with my guide on developing a holistic lifestyle. Check it out here.
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