Everyday Mindfulness

Yesterday was fascinating. I'll start off by saying that of the 4 goals I only really achieved 2 of the 4 I had set out to. However what I was able to observe was the reasoning behind why I wasn't able to achieve the other 2. The two goals I did achieve were, numbers 3 & 4: the meditation and pr...

So here goes, Monday morning in Sydney. First day at work after framing my resolution above re: the following 4 goals - 1) Completing 3 important tasks each weekday, and reviewing and structuring my week each weekend 2) Exercising and eating a healthy balanced diet each week day 3) Meditating each d...

Thank you Gentlemen. I really appreciate you taking the time to respond. I also find it interesting that I have tried like yourself to have the same goals. That is interesting. I wonder if this talks to the ying and yang of life today, in that while we acknowledge the need to be focussed, consistent...

Hi Everyone, Following on from my introduction post in the General Section, I thought I’d start a thread that chronicles my mindfulness practice. I came to mindfulness from a place of discomfort, a place of anxiety. This anxiety and discomfort were traits I’d carried with me for quite some time thro...

Hi Niccy, Welcome, it was great to read that your practice has started to bare fruit, as much in the flow and rhythm of your life (that sense of peace and contentment) as well as within the moment (your ability to identify self judgement). I look forward to reading of how this flourishes, as well as...

This is a great post. Mindfulness has also helped me ease the frustrations that were taking place in my world. As a project manager in an industry and organisation that's currently going through quite a substantial change we are being challenged to "do more with less". This shift, initiall...

Like most of you here I also consider the competitive advantage of mindfulness to be counter intuitive to what lies at the heart of the practice. However, I also agree that regardless of the path one takes to come to mindfulness the practice itself is so transformative those that truly embrace it wi...

“it's a bit like giving up on perfectionism but still try to do an 'excellent'” acceptance plays a big part, acceptance that even doing your best may not get you what you want. acceptance doesn't mean giving up, it just frees you from the downside of striving, which can be constant anxiety and it a...

I see, thank you Jon: so it would appear that Mindfulness and the Western Mantra of “Strive to Always Be Your Best” are mutually exclusive? This will take some time for me to fully grasp as I have been brought up on a steady diet of bloody minded determination, hard work and focus as the panacea to ...

Hello Everyone, I joined the site yesterday and posted about my recent experiences and challenges dealing with an ever increasing sense of anxiety and foreboding that has been developing within me over the last year. Recently this sense of anxiety has started to manifest itself physically through im...