What is Mindfulness?
What is the Meaning of Mindfulness?
Mindfulness is shown by people WHO LOVE
YOU to Remind you to SLOW DOWN
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Stop and smell the flowers
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Take a deep breath
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Take 10 deep breaths
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Go away and think about it
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Slow down
It is cultivated by refining our capacity to pay attention,
intentionally, in the present moment, and then sustaining
that attention over time as best we can. In the process, we
become more in touch with our life as it is unfolding. Do
you find you never have a minute during the day, let alone
10 – 15? I just used to come home from work feeling like a zombie.
I always had a nap after tea on the sofa and still went to
bed around 10 pm after preparation for the next day was
finished.
A young doctor is responsible for turning ancient Buddhist practice into a palatable non-secular prescription for Western minds. He went to India looking for enlightenment and came home with a practice that is wonderful in its versatility.
John Kabat-Zinn (founder of
MBSR – Mindfulness-Based
Stress Reduction) found that
his patients suffering severe
pain benefited from
Mindfulness Meditation and he and others spread the
practice to the general public.
(Mindfulness Meditation Training is very simple to learn. Jon Kabat-Zinn honed his skills while living in Buddhist camps in India. Buddhist meditators show through brain scans while meditating to have higher results on scales of Happiness.)
The Journey begins:
Will you take the leap?
WARNING! Mindfulness can change the habits of a lifetime
Can you arrive somewhere without remembering anything about the journey?
Do you drink the latte you bought but drain the cup without even tasting it?
Are you too busy to stop and smell the flowers?
Learn a bit more about yourself with this checkup:
Mindfulness Quiz – based on the teachings of Jon Kabat-Zinn
Here is a quick weather check on your feelings at the moment:
Mindfulness Meditation Training is easily accessible. All
you have to do is take a chance and see what it is all
about. Once you get the idea, you can plainly see how
Mindfulness and meditation can be applied to benefit many
of your thoughts and beliefs about yourself. Mindfulness
changes your brain.
You will find Happiness in everyday things through [
Mindfulness Meditation training. You may well find you like
yourself better. Wouldn’t that be amazing?
But it is not about doing things to change. It’s more about being still so you become much more aware of what is inside and outside of your body.
Tracy
Remember to ask for the free book, “Mindfulness in Plain English,” when you add your details below. I will make sure you get it asap.
“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”
― Jon Kabat-Zinn
Tracy
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Dear Tracy
Took the quiz and yes I know I am in need of Mindfulness meditation - which is something I have started to practice recently.
I thought that all my symptoms were due to ADHD - but I see that stress is more of the culprit than anything else!
Could it be that most of ADHD people are just over stressed human beings...and all they need is actually Mindfulness Meditation instead of medication?
Point to ponder!
All the best - Orion -
Dear Orion, You might be right about treating ADHD versus Mindfulness. As a child in school, ADHD had not been thought of. I know that some parents urge the ADHD diagnosis so they can get extra benefits (£). The fact is that ADHD has only been around for several decades. Whereas Mindfulness has helped people for over two thousand years. I am not an expert but if faced with a possible hyperactive child, I waould advisec consulting a doctor as well as train the child in Mindfulness techniques so the child could use them independently (i.e., in class). Tracy
PS another great site is MIND YETI. a site for children and their carers. -
You do hear much about meditation and mindfulness today, I thank you for sharing this information in your article today so we all can know more about being mindful during our day.
Great questions on your checklist for our day, they all make you think about how you need to make some changes to enjoy life again
Thank you for the sensitive response you gave my site. I am trying to resist any temptations to stick any distracting ads. My site is only two months old. I resonate with your feelings of impatience when my subscribers are so tiny in number. Actually, I am blogging to let it all hang out and tell my story. I would like to break even for my expenses but I see you have to get feisty to get anywhere.
Can you see anything I could improve or anything that seems confusing? Surely there is something.
Thanks again for your help and you are welcome to come back anytime as the website (if not the traffic) grows.
Tracy
What a great little quiz! That alone is enough to get me thinking about where my priorities really lie. I think my main problem is impatience – or wanting to get there quicker than is realistic given all the things I have going on in my life. Also, when things don;t go to plan I get anxious. I can admit that this has always been a source of stress for me, when I’ve spent time and effort to plan out something and then poof! – something else happens and everything goes out the window. I think this is lack of mental resilience maybe. What do you think? Anyway, I think I will benefit from reading more about mindfulness.
Thank you so much, Beryl. You have made my day. I know there are a few weird things and I have tried to pinpoint them. I am so afraid I will push a button and everything will go pear shaped. I might have to end up paying for some help. Or maybe have a practice on one of my unused sites. Thank you again.
Tracy
Hi Tracy,
I really enjoyed looking around and reading all the interesting information on mindfulness on your website. You have really accomplished a lot in your lifetime and also been through a lot.
You may want to check your website, it is showing strange things below your copyright. Here is what I copied to paste here so you could see what I saw.
It would not allow me to post the link it showed here in the comments, but this other information shows at the bottom of your pages, and the below info on the bottom of your about me page.
More than one instance of Sumo is attempting to start on this page. Please check that you are only loading Sumo once per page.
I am intending to look into the practice of mindfulness, and thanks for all the great information.
Beryl
M glad that you are so positive about my website. I don’t think I will ever run out of material to share. I hope no pop ups happened because people con convinced me they are annoying. My traffic is still tiny, but I will learn more strategies to build it. Thanks very much, Penelope.
Yours,
Tracy
Mindfulness is definitely something that we all need more of in our lives. The pace of life is just incompatible with quiet contemplative moments. I’m glad you’re going to share what you know about mindfulness, and I hope it will help others juggling a million and one tasks, kids, pets, spouses, bosses, and inner self-critics!