As you explore the art of present-moment awareness, watch your routines become rituals and ordinary moments become enriched with a sense of purpose, presence, and joy. You are the artist of your experiences. Let each day stand as a testament to the incredible power of mindfulness to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary.
Read MoreHow present are you? Your presence gives your team permission to fully engage with the issue at hand knowing you are a part of the effort. When you give your undivided attention, your presence communicates a genuine concern and understanding. By cultivating presence, you learn the dynamics of your team, and create an atmosphere of openness and connection that encourages collaboration and growth. Solutions emerge naturally in this kind of atmosphere.
Read MoreLife is hard. Being true to yourself can seem like a riddle wrapped inside an enigma. Or is that an enigma wrapped inside a riddle? Anyway, you get the point. However, a mindful approach to your thoughts, feelings and actions is a path to enhanced self-esteem and clarity.
Read MoreMeditation also serves as a conduit for accessing the state of flow. Flow is a harmonious immersion in the present moment where time seems to stand still, and your work is effortless. Just think of an occasion when you lost track of time and performed well. Were you writing? Playing a round of golf? Delivering a presentation? You’ve been there. Through meditation, you navigate the flow with intention and grace.
Read MoreIncorporating mindfulness into exercise and daily movement also involves the practice of breathing. The fact is most people don’t breathe very well. Each inhale should involve the expansion of your abdomen and rib cage in four directions: front, back, and laterally left and right. Try to inhale without raising your shoulders and exhale all the air out of your lungs before your next, slow inhale. Breathing with intention and attention grounds you in the present moment and enhances your physical experience. This mindful breathing not only fuels your movement but also cultivates a calm and focus that extends beyond the gym.
Read MoreThis year give the people in your life the gift of active listening and mindfulness. Use mindful attunement, the practice of non-judgmental observation, and active engagement. As you cultivate these skills, your interactions will flow with grace, sincerity, and humanity.
Read MoreYou make decisions large and small all the time. When the alarm goes off in the morning you choose to jump out of bed and get to your meditation . Then you eat a good breakfast and/or workout, get dressed and get on with a great day. While at work you choose to do your best, look for the good in your boss and express gratitude for your coworkers. When you get home the choices continue as you eat a healthy dinner, spend time with your family and read this book about mindfulness and meditation practices. Your decisions color your reality and determine the quality of your life.
Read MoreFirst, understand stress is not all bad. It is a primal response designed to prepare us for challenges and threats. Stress can infuse you with heightened alertness and enhance your ability to complete tasks. In this sense, stress can serve as an energy source that propels you.
Read MoreIn the realm of building resilience, mindfulness helps you reframe challenges and setbacks as steppingstones rather than stumbling blocks. Thus, you become an alchemist transmuting adversity into opportunities for personal growth. This reframing is a powerful tool. It is a shift in perspective, one in which you embrace challenges with a sense of purpose.
Read MoreWhen it comes to emotional intelligence, mindfulness magnifies your ability to discern emotional subtleties. Are you upset you spilled your coffee or simply nervous about a presentation you have at work? If you tune into the physical sensations, thoughts, and impulses associated with each emotion, you gain a deeper understanding of yourself.
Read MoreMindfulness encourages you to be fully present When you cultivate mindfulness, you awaken to the world around you and within you. This heightened awareness becomes a wellspring of inspiration. This is the source from which innovative ideas emerge.
Read MoreResearch suggests that mindfulness exercises your brain and nurtures its growth. Through mindfulness, regions associated with attention, memory, and emotional regulation thicken. These mental exercises, much like lifting weights, sculpt your brain, making it more adept at navigating the complexities of life.
Read MoreThe mind has intrigued sages and scientists since the beginning of time. The phenomenon of thinking has allowed humanity to cultivate crops to feed the world, build roads to ease movement, create medicines to heal, and write words which inspire. All are miraculous achievements and there’s more to come.
Read MoreThis is not airy-fairy, woo-woo and whales in space. The benefits of present-moment awareness are profound and far-reaching. Check out this excerpt from my book Mindful Mastery.
Read MoreWhy do you really desire (I’d say deserve) vibrant health? The stimulus for achieving this is inside of you – and I’m not just being optimistic. Over 30 years of research from the National Weight Control Registry indicates no specific diet, exercise protocol or pill has been found to manifest long-term weight loss. Instead, changes in thoughts, behavior and lifestyle are by far more likely to create lasting changes in health.
Read MoreEating with awareness is at the center of mindful eating. Begin by asking yourself why do I want to eat right now? Dig deeper and ask, what affect will this food have on my energy, my weight and my health? You can also assess your level of hunger before and during the meal. These steps will anchor you in awareness (and enjoyment) while you are eating.
Read MoreDiets don’t work long term. They don’t work long term because they disregard your thoughts, your lifestyle and your emotional and physical feelings. Paleo dude just doesn’t care about the many factors which influence how, why, when and what you eat. Keto man won’t be close enough to you to smell your breath. Eat-once-a-day guy is not forced to work with your grumpy, hungry ass all afternoon.
Read MoreOur minds are like cats on a leash jumping and flipping to try to get away from perceived danger. The only difference is we’re flailing in our head over an argument with our spouse, or our son’s poor grades, or what’s streaming on Netflix, or what’s that smell? The real question is, what can you do about it?
Read MoreThe results of a study led by Dr.Janet Daubenmier at UC San Francisco found mindfulness training not only helped participants lose weight, but also reduced their metabolic risk factors, including waist size, blood pressure, triglycerides and blood sugar levels.
Read MoreYou know the scary things stress can do to your health. Stress raises your blood pressure, lowers your immunity and decreases your performance in everyday tasks. Over time, chronic stress makes everything less enjoyable. Now don’t get stressed out, but stress can also make you fat.
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