Everyday Mindfulness

Thanks guys! It is not the body sensations that annoy me, but the mind that keeps going over and over about things that are not to the point. It is the doing - mind in action as I learnt this week form 'Mindfulness for Health', instead of the being - modus. But just being aware of these signals mean...

piedwagtail91 wrote:they may be increasing but it may be that you're more aware of them and it seems that way.

Yup, it seems that way. And - boy - is it annoying. Thanks, Piedwagtail91!!

Hi all, I have been meditating for four years, before I recently started practising mindfulness. Even after these years I am still not good at meditation, my mind always has other ideas than concentrating on the breath or a mantra. Still, I keep going and I hope this mindfulness can give me some pea...

Hi Tony,

What made you decide to do mindfulness, if you don't mind me asking?

Kindly, W.P.

Sorry Ohnighrownaught, I didn't mean to be rude and ignore your problem/experience. A similar thing happened to me last week, when I was doing my homework for week 1 of the 'Mindfulness for Health' book. I was looking outside for ten minutes as the exercise described and I felt a bit of panic while ...

Hello Ohnighrownaught,
Are you doing the body scan meditation from 'Mindfulness for Health' by Burch and Penman? Or is this in more books or courses? Bye bye, W.P.

Hi Jon, Thanks for your warm welcome! And it seems you can look right through me, your remark about self-compassion is definitely about me. Indeed, I need to be gentle and not mad at myself for worrying. When I am troubled and having a hard time to keep myself from that second suffering, I try to ex...

Hello there! While listening to the singing of a black bird in the garden, which I think is weird for January... I try to appreciate such little things. However, that is not easy most of the times, since I often think life has played a trick on me by witholding me from big things. I am chronically i...