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Mindfulness

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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WITH MINDFULNESS COMES:

  • Improved relationships
  • Reduction in stress and anxiety
  • Improved cognitive ability
  • Better sleeping
  • Better pain management

Meditation is not about blissing out and going "ohm". It completely changes the way our brain works.

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You don't have to follow your thoughts around everywhere they go.

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WITHIN YOU IS A STILLNESS

THAT YOU CAN RETREAT TO AT ANYTIME
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IT'S IMPORTANT TO MEDITATE REGULARLY

EXCEPT WHEN YOU'RE BUSY, THEN IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO MEDITATE REGULARLY
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The best way to work through a negative emotion is to engage with it and feel it fully, letting it run it's course

PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT IS GOING ON

BEFORE YOU MAKE ANYTHING OF IT
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ALL THAT WE ARE IS THE RESULT OF OUR THOUGHTS

THE MIND IS EVERYTHING. WHAT WE THINK, WE BECOME
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"When we talk, we learn what we already know. When we listen, we have a chance to learn something new" - Lyman Steil

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IF YOU FOCUS TOO MUCH ON WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO...

...YOU MIGHT LOSE SIGHT OF WHERE YOU ACTUALLY ARE

Life is nothing but passing experiences, and thoughts are just one category of thing you experience

Try not to rehearse arguments that you haven't yet had.

Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow

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BEING KIND TO YOURSELF

IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SKILLS YOU CAN LEARN
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MINDFULNESS

HELPS US TO GET TO KNOW OUR TRUE SELVES
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If you don't notice your thoughts, then it becomes difficult to process them in the right way.

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It's hard to see the whole picture when you are in the frame.

Most of our troubles arise from the way we think.

Meditation isn't about changing ourselves. It's about befriending who we already are.

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"Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing"
- Jon Kabat-Zim

"Don't resist the thoughts. You can't stop them"
- Gautama Buddha

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Become more aware of your thoughts and feelings, instead of being overwhelmed by them.

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MINDFULNESS INCREASES POSITIVE EMOTION

EMOTIONS AND THOUGHTS ARE LIKE WAVES

BUILD A WALL AND IT WILL BE DESTROYED. LEARN TO SURF INSTEAD!

PANIC COMES FROM OUR REACTION TO THE SITUATION

RATHER THAN THE SITUATION ITSELF
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MISTAKES CAN BE YOUR GREATEST TEACHER

Everyday Mindfulness
@mindfuleveryday

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