Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Get To Know Some Mindfulness Training Techniques

By Lena Stephenson


You are always concerned over the fact that you seem to be living life in a way that makes you not present. Yes, you are there when things happen around you, but you just seem to feel detached from the many situations that you are involved in. Sometimes, your thoughts tend to fly off easy too.

You are determined to change this though, you know that if you want to truly live life, then you have to make sure that you actually feel it. Live it. It is reassuring that you can actually achieve these goals through mindfulness training. You just need to employ appropriate techniques to incorporate this with the way you live life.

If you wish to start pursuing these techniques, then see to it that you are willing to create a habit out of them. The key here is constant practice. Continuous practice would help you a lot into incorporating these good practices in the way you live life. They need to be interwoven in the manner which you deal with everyday living.

The key here of to introduce the many little adjustments that your life currently needs. They do not need to be grand gestures or complicated techniques. All you need to do is make it an effort that the little changes you are doing will be embedded into your life and become a natural part of it.

A good start would be to appreciate your eating time better. Instead of ogling at the tv or the computer screen when having your meal, take it at the actual dining table. Savor your food. Savor the taste. Savor the texture. Use this chance to really eat and be full ad be nourished.

A good way to practice your mindfulness abilities would be during those waiting times. You have experienced this when lining up in the checkout counter or waiting for your turn at the banks. Use this opportunity to take in your surroundings, process what you see, and really take in what are present in your current surroundings.

The way you deal with your emotions should be part of what you must look into too. It is normal for people to flare up, get angry when they are place in situations that are upsetting and not exactly ideal. Use these opportunities to get a better grip if what you are feeling. Then, you won't have to end up saying or doing something you'll regret.

Aim at being kind. Aim at being compassionate. You will be more in the moment when you have compassion for the people that are around. This does not only involve those people that you know or are close to you. Make sure that this includes those whom you do not know as well.

Listen. Really listen. On of the things that people tend to do these days is to be involved in a conversation where they are not really listening to what is being said. When you really listen, you understand what is being said, you understand the message. Do not converse just to respond, but to really listen.

Do one task at a time. Some people might think that multitasking is the in thing, but truly, it is not. It is only likely to cause you to be unfocused and less efficient as a result. Uni-tasking ensures that you have your attention and full focus on what you are doing, hence, better results.




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