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Updated by Craig Daniels on Dec 01, 2021

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10 Best Mindfulness Practice Insights

Listly by Craig Daniels

Mindfulness has become a buzz word and as a result its meaning is murky. If we go in search of the original meaning we are apt to find mindfulness means be present in the moment or focus your attention on right now. If you see a line of clothes or a candy bar using the word mindfulness just smile. Someone somewhere is selling a green tea smoothy that will expand your mindfulness, it won't, but it might taste good.

I traveled long distances and spent many weeks living in tiny rooms in my search to develop a Mindfulness Practice and understand the secret to mindfulness itself. But the joke was on me, there is no secret, there is only the simplicity of each moment. It may sound somewhat hokey but the old saying "be here now" is all we need to know. Oh sure there are layers of understanding that simple phrase, but all that's required is putting one foot in front of the other and repeating. Consistency is the key not some secrets deeply hidden in a cave in the Himalayas.

The Last item in this list leads to a 6 week (Free) course on mindfulness, each audio session is about an hour in length.

Source: http://www.whatisdialogue.com/mindfulness-practice-deepens-dialogue-expands-innovation/

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How to Do It | Mindful

How to Do It | Mindful

Click here to enlarge the instructions. Find a good spot in your home or apartment, ideally where there isn't too much clutter and you can find some quiet. Leave the lights on or sit in natural light. You can even sit outside if you like, but choose a place with little distraction.

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Living in the Now When It's Stressful: 4 Mindfulness Tips

Living in the Now When It's Stressful: 4 Mindfulness Tips

"If you worry about what might be, and wonder what might have been, you will ignore what is." ~Unknown A few weeks ago, I learned that my beloved dog, Bella, had become ill with kidney disease-a condition that will most likely not allow her to live longer than a year.

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Mindful Eating

TRY this: place a forkful of food in your mouth. It doesn't matter what the food is, but make it something you love - let's say it's that first nibble from three hot, fragrant, perfectly cooked ravioli. Now comes the hard part. Put the fork down.

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7 Tips for Merging 'Mindfulness' Into the Workplace

7 Tips for Merging 'Mindfulness' Into the Workplace

Your phone dings nonstop, chat windows pile up and you're running to your next meeting. A hectic pace is the norm for many of us, and that means finding new methods to stay focused and sharp. Enter mindfulness. This may sound like the latest buzzword, but the centuries-old notion of enjoying the present moment is more than trendy philosophy.

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Cultivating Mindfulness in an Age of Distraction.

Cultivating Mindfulness in an Age of Distraction.

The word is everywhere; you can't get away from it. It's used as an adverb (mindful eating, mindful walking, mindful working, mindful parenting), a clothing line, a magazine and even a tea brand.

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10 Ways to Bring Mindfulness to Your Work Day

10 Ways to Bring Mindfulness to Your Work Day

Tools - give me tools. That's what most of the people we meet in the workplace want - tools. Tools to be more efficient, productive, effective and less stressed. Often what they want are solutions to complex problems - more often what they want is out of their control.

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What are the benefits of mindfulness?

What are the benefits of mindfulness?

Mindfulness has enjoyed a tremendous surge in popularity in the past decade, both in the popular press and in the psychotherapy literature. The practice has moved from a largely obscure Buddhist concept founded about 2,600 years ago to a mainstream psychotherapy construct today.

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A Guide To Mindfulness At Work

A Guide To Mindfulness At Work

Toxic emotions disrupt the workplace, and mindfulness increases your awareness of these destructive patterns, helping you recognize them before they run rampant. It's a way of reprogramming your mind to think in healthier, less stressful, ways. The following information is an introduction to the ancient practice of mindfulness, focusing on its [...]

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The Benefits of Mindfulness

The Benefits of Mindfulness

The potential benefits of mindfulness are huge and wide-ranging. To a large extent, the benefits depend on the mind which enters this process to begin with. Some people for example may benefit most from a greater connection with their body while others get the most benefit from learning how to deal with troublesome thoughts.

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Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation Online Course Audio + Text

Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation Online Course Audio + Text

This is going to be a 6-week course in mindfulness practice. During the course we’ll focus on mindfulness meditation, but most of the things I’m going to be talking about apply in daily life as well. This is a very important thing to understand, that the line between meditation and daily life is an arbitrary line