Thursday, February 20, 2014

47 ways to live more mindful



Mindfulness is so simple. And yet so complicated. Because how do you stay in the moment? How do you temporarily loose your mind and you experience life as it is? We have a whole bunch of great tips ready for you!

Mindful Way is not difficult

Really. Yes, it takes some practice. But you will soon be better. And, all the fun you notice immediate results.
More frequently in the moment you live your quick happier feeling. You will experience less stress, less anxiety and worry less. In return, you get more peace, tranquility, trust, gratitude, happiness and contentment.
Totally worth it so. And you do not have to do it perfectly. When you succeed more often in the day to live in the moment, you will immediately notice all what a huge impact mindful life. So let's get started! Below are 47 ways to live. More mindful

Mindfulness in daily life

How do you experience more mindfulness in daily life? Below are 29 ideas to bring more. Mindfulness in your day
  1. Sit in the morning. Come out of bed, grab a yoga mat or a pillow and is silent. Pay attention to your breathing. This way you do not start the day in your head, but in your body. I do this regularly to begin an inner sense of happiness, gratitude and relax my day.
  2. Using teeth as mindfulness exercise. Let your mind wander not, during those two minutes, but keep them in the moment. Brush your teeth with full attention. I use the shower often in the time to come. Then directed my attention to the nice warm water on my back, and I let my mind just does not go astray.
  3. Mindful eating. No television, no iPad, smartphone, newspaper or book. That sounds boring, but try it. You will find that when you give your full attention to the food, the food itself is a special experience.
  4. Keep your kitchen tidy when you're finished eating. Was wondering if you clean dishwasher with full attention. Feel how your ego really is no point in these jobs, and how you can enjoy it anyway if you do it with full attention.
  5. Keep a small tea ceremony. Put tea for yourself, with full attention. Pour slowly. Sit down and quietly enjoy your cup of tea. Use it as a time to relax.
  6. Drive slowly. Hang on the right lane on the highway. Whether you're eighty or a hundred runs, you'll come to your destination. Feel the excitement fades and how you can enjoy a pleasant ride. Delicious
  7. Walking, and walking slowly. Go outside and take a walk. Do not entitled to a goal, but look around you. Take the world in you, even though you think you already know everything. This you can do when you're walking the dog, walking to the supermarket or a letter in the mail does.
  8. Read silently. Excluding yourself, and read a good book. Without music, without a television in the background. Learn to focus on that one book yourself and let suck you into the story.
  9. Feel grateful for someone in your life. Example your child, your spouse or even your pet. Try to observe (without scary come across naturally) the person and feel gratitude and love for those.
  10. Work with focus. Choose one or two important tasks you want to accomplish today, and focus only on that.
  11. Work without email alerts. Check your email in a few solid moments in the day.
  12. Put your phone on silent, and check occasionally or you have messages. Way you are not getting harassed and you concentrated work and live.
  13. Single-task. Take a task for you, turn off distractions and grant any attention to that one task.
  14. See the world around you as a mirror of your inner world. Touch you often annoyed at the same things? Then realize that doing your work to yourself. There are only events, you put a label on myself. Find out how you can even react differently to these events.
  15. During your day, take small moments in time to come. Just concentrate on your breathing. Equally aware of the water on your hands feel when you wash your hands.
  16. Leave your phone at home more often. See how nice it is sometimes to be back. Really only Inaccessibility give you peace and focus.
  17. Invest your time in the people who mean the most to you. You intimacy achieved only when you step out of your own thoughts, and your attention in the here and now. That's true friendship takes place not in your mind.
  18. Turn your TV off. Or throw him out of your house.
  19. Feel more compassion for others. Not everyone who comes across annoying mean bad. Maybe that person cuts you off on the highway because it is far too late and is afraid to be fired. Or they span. Go for the best, and feel compassion.
  20. Stop gossiping.
  21. Watch your own thoughts. Do not talk negatively about yourself and try to neutralize. Untrue thoughts
  22. Do not expect the worst. Expect not the best. Try to have fewer expectations and you will be maintained by the moment. Anymore
  23. Do not be afraid to express yourself. Sincere appreciation Be generous with praise, thanks and expressing your gratitude and appreciation. This creates more magic moments for yourself and the people around you.
  24. Focus on building good relationships. Good relationships are extremely valuable for your happiness. Give the people around you your full attention. Keep your phone in your pocket so here, even if you whip out his interlocutor.
  25. Feel grateful for the good things in life. Train yourself in finding good stuff. Then you will find more and more.
  26. Realize that thoughts and feelings come and go. They are not personal and they are not always true.
  27. Also realize that you are aware of your thoughts and feelings. This means that you (that's what your conscious) are not your thoughts. And that you are not your feelings. You are you, and you have thoughts and feelings. That's a big difference.
  28. Realize that your consciousness is always 'on', unless you sleep. Shifting your attention from one thing to another, but you are always aware. You do not have to occur.
  29. Realize that most concerns are irrelevant now. We're often worry about things that might happen in the future. They do not happen now. So if you do not live in your mind but in the moment, you have to make. Equally nothing to worry

Hug a mindful attitude

How do you stand determines to a large extent in life how easily you can stay in the moment. The next life attitudes make it easier to live. Mindful
  1. Curiosity - Be curious about your emotional world. What thoughts come over? How do you feel right now?
  2. Kindness - Be warm and kind to yourself and to the people around you. Use nice as a starting point.
  3. Letting go - Dare to let go both fine and unpleasant experiences. What is happening is happening. Now it's all about right now.
  4. Satisfaction - Try to be the situation in which you find yourself, think of how you can make your experience better instead of constantly more pleased. Focus on the things that are good now.
  5.  Acceptace to accept how to accept that life at this moment is as it is you are feeling at this moment, and leather Leather -.
  6. Patience - Change takes time. By being patient you avoid stress and make your life easier.
  7. Confidence - Have faith in yourself and the world around you. Do not be afraid, trust that all will be well.
  8. Open mind - Cherish your open mind. Put yourself out onto a kind of reality, but am always open to new ideas and experiences.

Simple daily mindfulness exercises

The good thing is that you can practice mindfulness. Always and everywhere Here is how you can apply mindfulness in almost every situation and so can make your life. Calmer, more attentive and more fun
  1. Mindful communication - When you talk or listen to someone, then concentrate on the voice. Do you find that your mind drift slowly? Bring your attention back then quietly back to the voice, without judging yourself. Let the other person finish and resist the urge to "wait your turn." That gives a lot of peace and confidence.
  2. Mindful walking - The next time you walk outside, you feel aware of how your feet touch the ground. Feel how you put one foot before the other foot. Look around you, hear the sounds of cars, birds and children playing and enjoying the moment.
  3. Mindful sports - Keep your attention to your body during exercise. Focus on your breathing, on the movements you make with your arms or your legs, and you feel the contact with the soil, the water, your saddle or your chair.
  4. Mindful work - Get a job, and make this task 'full screen' in your life. Literally and figuratively. Focus on one thing until you have it off. Meanwhile enjoy performing the task. For example, feel your fingers make contact with the keyboard. This will make you be more productive and experience less stress.
  5. Mindful holiday celebration - Most people spend half of their holiday in a different place in mind. They are located on a beautiful beach, but their thoughts are with the trip tomorrow. At the next destination. At home or at dinner. Instead enjoy the here and now. Of leisure, the sun on your body, the sound of the sea. Feel grateful and enjoy your holiday with full attention.
  6. Mindful wait - If you have to wait, then resist the urge there to address your smartphone. Realize that you may get bored. Focus on your breathing, put yourself in the moment and take you to your surroundings. See the people, hear the sounds. Observe what happens, and discover how interesting the world really is.
  7. Mindful listening music - we often use music as a 'wallpaper' in our lives. And while our favorite music is as beautiful as we pay more attention to. Without yourself, put ear plugs in and just listen your favorite music. Nothing more. And once you find yourself drifting thoughts bring yourself back to the quiet music.
  8. Mindful eating - Sit in silence. Check your food. Smell your food. Take a bite and chew it. Feel the texture, taste the flavor. Swallow your bite and wait for it to arrive. In your stomach Take another bite.
  9. Mindful accept - You do not always have an opinion and you do not have anywhere to go. Accept the people around you as they are. Including their 'shortcomings'. Try to appreciate with all their good and bad sides. Find out how much it gives rest to take as they are.
  10. Mindful make love - Let yourself take in the moment. Focus on your senses, not your mind. Grab this chance to completely in the moment to come and merge with your partner.

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