Mindfulness: Focus on the Breath
Mindfulness meditation is a process of self regulation of your attention. Begin with your breath. If your attention goes somewhere, Notices it. Use non-judgment. This means Let go of the thought and take your attention back to your breathe.
Meditating with Music
Music during meditation helps some of us to stay focus. There are a great variety of sounds that can assist us in staying in a meditative mode. You can find traditional soft sounds and gentle string music. Nature sounds as well and instrumental music imitating nature.
Time to Meditate: Evening Hours
Meditate at the end of the day. Before you focus on your breath, you make a list of what you are grateful for the day. All your unresolved “troubles” can be place in a mental list “for tomorrow”. You have taken care of your present thoughts. It is time to focus on your breath once …
Time to Meditate: Morning hours
Meditate daily: in the early and late hours of the day. Choosing a time to meditate daily also programs your mind and body to focus on the breath when it is time to do so. Meditating right before you start the day, will jumpstart …
A Place to Meditate
Becoming mindful is challenging. It requires commitment, discipline and practice. To help you develop a daily practice, you may choose a corner or place to meditate always. Your body in mind will know that you are ready to meditate when you are in this place.
Mindful meditation Steps 4 and 5
To be aware, we train our attention to focus on breathing. Thoughts will come in and out,
Mindful Meditation First 3 Steps
The amazing aspect of this practice is that it is as simple as it is powerful.
Mindful Silence Increases our Ability to Listen
A quiet mind is able to listen When your mind learns to become quieter during meditation, it becomes quieter between meditations.
How to Breathe Mindfully
Breathing is a key tool to achieve mindfulness; When you become aware of your breath, you bring your attention to it and away from thoughts of past experiences or future fears.
Meditation in the East and the West
Eastern countries have been familiar with the benefits of meditation for thousands of years. For many, it has been a way of life; for others meditation has been a way to connect with a higher self.
Mindfulness and Relaps Prevention
In addition to the overall benefits of mindfulness, mindfulness has been used successfully in relapse prevention.
Sleep and Mindfulnes Meditation
So you are having problem sleeping? Would you believe that meditation would improve your sleep? Sleep and meditation complement each other. When you sleep well, it helps meditate better. Meditation enhances the sleeping experience in more than one way: During meditation, serotonin levels go up. Low serotonin is ling to insomnia and depression.
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The Benefits of Mindfulness
Once you have become Mindful, you are able to increase moment to moment awareness about your thoughts and feelings. Therefore, you will manage better your perception, reactions and feelings and acquire the capacity to become less disturbed by negative events and less reactive to unpleasant experiences.
A Mindful Life
By Dr. C Eric Torres and Margarita Borda, LMHC We find the word “Mindfulness” in the front page of magazines, brochures about wellness and in the practice of meditation. But what is Mindfulness?
