Why Practicing Mindfulness Is Super Important
1. Make Gratitude A Part Of Your Routine 🙌
Modern psychology research confirms that gratitude is an important social emotion that can benefit the lives of people who practice it. You could start out by using a gratitude journal.
2. Work On Your Breathing 💨
Breathing exercises can help you relax, because they make your body feel like it does when you are already relaxed. Deep breathing is one of the best ways to lower stress in the body. This is because when you breathe deeply, it sends a message to your brain to calm down and relax. There are lots of apps that you can follow along to help work on this.
3. Meditation 🧘
Meditation allows us to pause and reframe our perspective so that we can learn to experience a greater sense of calm, relaxation, clarity, and focus in our lives. Try an app like Insight Timer full of guided meditations you can follow along to.
4. Increase Your Awareness 😁
Engaging your senses can help you become more aware, which will help you on your path to mindfulness. Take note of what you can see, smell, hear, taste and feel.
5. Take Control Of Your Thoughts 🤔
You are the thinker and the observer of your thoughts. You can control your thoughts, but you must pay attention to them so you can identify who is running the show this will determine which technique you will want to use.
Begin each day with the intention of paying attention to your thoughts and catching yourself when you are thinking undesirable thoughts.
6. Take 10 Minutes To Do Nothing 🏝
If the mind is always on the go we get stressed and then we need to find methods for dealing with this stress. So give your brain a 10 minute time out so you can refresh your mind and keep it working at its best.
