Everyday Mindfulness

Thanks

How would I go about using mindfulness while in the gym? Should I focus mainly on my breathe and being present just like any other part of the day.

Or should I focus on the lifting of the weight and being present in the actual lift?

Eckhart Tolle has a nice approach to this: feel free to have a goal, but make each step your primary focus, so that it doesn't really matter whether you arrive or not, as you're always here, now. There is a difference between having a goal and being attached to the idea of reaching it. If you have ...

Again thanks for all the replys that balance between the two is what Im trying to learn

First Thanks for all the replies. I think I understand mindfulness a little better. I was trying to use it a tool to make the time between goal achievement less stressful. From what I'm getting that may not be the full use which I suspected. I am still worried losing my ambition by going through the...

there's nothing wrong with having goals, but it's how you see and relate to them. from your post it sounds as if you're striving, judging how far away from your goal you are. mindfulness is about accepting things as they are in the moment, the here and now. striving and judging will just lead to mo...

I was just introduced to mindfulness from a book called the Practicing Mind. I was looking for a way to make the process of work and daily life less frustrating. This book helped me learn about focusing on the process at hand and being present. Focusing on my breath and concentrating on just doing t...