“The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness. Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.” ― Jon Kabat-Zinn
What benefits can you expect from learning mindful-based technique?
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What is Mindfulness?
If you have done any kind of personal development, martial arts, yoga, pilates or exercises such as meditation which incorporate mind-body-spirit, you will probably have come across some form of mindful-type practice.
It has Buddhist origins dating back over 2,500 years and is also called visualisation, presence (being in the now), listening ‘with awareness’, focused relaxation and breath-work.
Mindfulness is experiencing a revival because the business and sporting community have become more aware of it in recent years, which has led to more research and publicity. So it’s benefits have become more widely documented.
I have been incorporating mindful-type exercises and practices into my work and daily life for 26 years because they work.
Mindful-type practices have helped me in every area of my life over the years.
How has mindfulness helped me?
- deal better with situations that can make me anxious (like public speaking) and stay calmer under pressure.
- tune out my thinking and emotions when I have important decisions to make so that I can hear my inner voice/intuition more clearly.
- connect with my son and be a better Parent.
- regulate pain and work with my body during childbirth
- listen to my body and act on what it needs to stay healthy and strong.
- see into the core of people rather than what’s around the outside, resulting in closer relationships with deeper trust and openness – and a sense of being really ‘connected’ to others.
- more confidence, on track in the big picture of my life, peaceful with my choices/my past.
Benefits:
- Feel calmer, more alert
- Find it easier to focus, have better concentration
- Better at gaining perspective and more emotionally resilient
- Find it easier to relax, cope better with stressful situations
- Easier to empathise with others and greater self-empathy
More life benefits:
- More able to enjoy the present moment and find happiness in it
- Easier to notice negative patterns of behaviour/thoughts and stop them
- Easier to tap into intuition/inner voice
- Deal better with change – more adaptable
- Get to know yourself better – more self-awareness
- Self-acceptance/compassion
- More receptive than just reactive.
When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it’s like giving them emotional oxygen. – Stephen Covey
Read more about Mindfulness:
Breathe. Meditate. Lead. Ten Ways Mindfulness Practice Can Make Us Better Leaders
Three reasons why mindfulness meditation helps relationships
How Mindfulness Can Save Your Relationship
Benefits of Mindfulness: Practices for Improving Emotional and Physical Well-Being
Personal goal setting as a mediator of the relationship between mindfulness and wellbeing
Mindfulness Meditation Benefits: 20 Reasons Why It’s Good For Your Mental And Physical Health
How Mindfulness Can Improve Your Relationship/
6 Benefits of Practicing Mindfulness Outside of Meditation
What Are the Benefits of Mindfulness? A Practice Review of Psychotherapy-Related Research
The Benefits of Being Present: Mindfulness and Its Role in Psychological Well-Being
Improve Your Relationship Using Mindfulness
Mindfulness: What it is and how it can help
Mindfulness-based relationship enhancement
Mindfulness Meditation + Neuroscience = Healthier Relationships
