Mindfulness And Me (3 Tips)
I’m thinking about walking the talk more. As I work towards being mindful in my yoga practice, I’m exploring how to be more mindful in my life. It doesn’t make any sense to be committed to being conscious and thoughtful on my mat and then float through the rest of my day on auto pilot. So I’m going to take my mindfulness practice off the mat…
How? you ask.
I have some thoughts:
1. Turn off my laptop more. Can I do this and keep my identity? Probably. It may be hard, but I bet I could do it if I made more of an effort (“I am not my mind, I am not my mind, I am not my mind”).
Less time reading the New York Times online would probably be good for me.
2. Slow down. Looking out the window is not necessarily a waste of time.
3. Pay more attention to food and drink. I need to remind myself that eating is sacred, not something I do for entertainment, and it’s not just fuel. My heart loves to enjoy and savour food, but sometimes I forget.
So in May I am going to start living my yoga off the mat one mindful moment at a time…
(source: www.mindfulconstruct.com)
