Everyday Mindfulness

You will work through layer upon layer of feelings, emotions, thoughts and bodily sensations. This continues for quite a while (like years:). Approach the 'subdued' feeling using the same mindfulness approach you have learned in the book. Certainly approach it with a curiosity, openness and acceptan...

You can also breath through mouth and nose at the same time. If you try it out you may be able to sense air entering the mouth and the nostrils at the same time. You may notice the air entering the nose tends to be less than the volume of air entering the mouth.. but it may help ?

Hi Mindful Ninja, thanks for sharing. i will check out your posts.

thanks Jon..look forward to seeing more of your 'shares' on this Board !

I came to mindfulness at a very difficult and painful part of my life. My wife left me. I had two children to care for - one 9months and one 2 and half years old. I had also just entered a 12 step recovery program as I had been carrying around a pretty serious alcohol addiction for 20 years. It was ...

Mindfulness is definitely nothing to do with controlling thoughts. We allow to arise and fall away whatever comes to our awareness. Things that arise in our awareness can be considered objects in our awareness. Whether that be body sensations, thoughts, feelings. When we see these things as objects ...

I think a critical piece of teaching mindfulness to young people is to embody the practice I.e you talk the talk and you walk the walk. Young people are very perceptive and can see if your words and actions match. So I think now that we have the ball rolling bringing mindfulness to schools, I think ...