Practical Mindfulness

Do you remember when days seemed longer, holidays stretched on forever, you slept well at night and awoke refreshed? Each day was an adventure that started with anticipation and you went to bed content. When did all that change? At some point in life most people’s bodies and minds tend towards a downward spiral through stress. Mindfulness is about noticing what we are doing as we are doing it, what we are thinking as we are thinking it, and how we are feeling as we are feeling it. Using these practical exercises, you can deepen your capacity of awareness and significantly reduce stress.

Content

1. What Is Mindfulness and How Can It Help Me?
   1. The Mind Is Like Software – Beware of Viruses!
   2. ‘Choosing to’ Versus ‘Having To’
   3. Benefits of Being Mindful
2. What Does ‘Mind-less-ness’ Look Like?
   1. Living Mindlessly
   2. Wasting Precious Time
   3. What Can We Expect?
3. Why Should I Care?
   1. Stress, the Great Destroyer
   2. What Is Stress?
   3. Regret – the Saddest Emotion
4. How Can I Become More Mindful?
   1. Start from Right Here, Right Now
   2. Mindfulness in Four Words: Pay Attention and Relax
   3. Exercises to Help You Make the Shift
5. How Does Mindfulness Affect Those Around Me?
   1. We Are All One
   2. The Cooked Rice Experiment
   3. Everyone Just Wants to Be Happy