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- What is mindfulness?
Mindfulness means directing attention inward to notice the mind itself. We go from the content of our thoughts to overviewing the process of thinking and tie this to the context or purpose of our self-exploration.
Our body, heart, and mind form one whole. However, we often allow our mind free reign over the others. The process of observing our mind enables us to truly gain wisdom about ourselves and to regain awareness of our own wholeness.
With Mindfulness Practice, you learn to move:
- From outer to inner
- From second-hand to the first-hand experience
- From action and reaction to simply being present
Mindfulness functions best through exercise ad repetition.
Mindfulness processes are designed to regain balance. When you systematically observe the process of the mind, you regain balance.
Mindfulness grows like a house on a foundation of concentration.
- Mindfulness is self-coaching
What are the questions that we can ask ourselves and are of fundamental importance for our story?
– Who am I?
– What are my strengths?
– What is my primary purpose in life?
These fundamental questions require deeper exploration. What if the first answer you get is just the entrance you go through to the next level of your life creation? If, for example, your life was a tree, you could explore its roots, its growth tendency, and what allows it to bloom. All this allows your story to become fragrant with its own flowering. Ask yourself the following questions and think deeply about the answers:
– Why did I choose this path?
– Why do I want to change and develop further?
– Why is it worth the effort to develop in this way?
– How do I find and develop my life path?
– How can I see my mission in life or explore my vision?
– How can I learn to make the right choices in order to optimize what I have learned?
– How do I continue to optimize what I am becoming?
– How can I develop my awareness and presence?
– What will allow me to bring more passion into my life?
– What would help me resolve old identities and reject them if they hinder progress?
These are some of the questions that can help you develop your life story even further.
- Basic mindfulness practice
Like learning how to swim or ride a bike, we start with small steps of mindfulness practice by teaching ourselves how to perceive. We use our eyes, ears and feelings to achieve this.
Basic mindfulness practice consists of three groups of paired steps. Of course, you can choose your own, but I recommend this one.
1.
- Expand – take a sitting position, the spine is upright but not stiff, a position in which you are fully awake. Feel the support below you, feel the support on your back, pay attention to the points of contact between the body and the ground. Look at the space around you. Expand this.
- Focus – take a deep breath and hold it for a second or two, then breathe out. Allow yourself to feel the sensation as the air comes out of your lungs. Consciously hold and breathe out. Do this at least three times or about a minute.
2.
- Expand again Go to the ears. Expand your awareness of all sounds by hearing everything you can, listening as much as you can.
- Focus again: Move your attention through the body, starting from the top of the head moving down, noticing and relaxing each area, area by area all the way to the toes.
3.
- Expand again: Expand into the feeling of emotions and emotional tensions in the body. This time, expand your attention through the central areas of your body and heart. Notice the emotions that are there. Warmly thank your heart, body, and yourself.
- Focus again: Focus on your intention in performing this mindfulness practice. What are the key goals for performing this practice today?
You may think that you need time, but develop an awareness of how important mindfulness is. You can even do mindfulness practice while walking.
Walk at a normal pace and notice this natural rhythm of breathing. Take one breath in every four steps and one breath out the next four.
For me, mindfulness is silencing the noise in my head so I can think and, more importantly, see things clearly. As Rumi once wrote, “I did not build this ship to stay in the port.”
