With all that’s been going on lately, I feel more grateful than ever for my daily mindfulness practice – it’s a reliable and comforting part of each morning.
But if I’m honest, I’ve had times when I’ve grown a little bored with it.
I’ve been practicing long enough that I have a familiar routine, and it’s worked wonders on my ability to consistently quiet my thoughts and still my nervous energy.
But my routine isn’t foolproof, and sometimes it’s just good to try something new.
I don’t think I’m alone in this – I’ve gotten similar comments from lots of practitioners.
Many have patients who are trying to begin a mindfulness practice and can’t seem to find a way that really speaks to them. Or, they’re working with a patient whose routine meditations are stalling their motivation to maintain their practice.
That’s why I wanted to share some short, free mindfulness exercises that I think your patients will find useful.
Elisha Goldstein, PhD, author of The Now Effect, gives a short mindfulness exercise using the metaphor of a “movie of the mind.” It’s only two and a half minutes – check it out.
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Have you ever helped a patient out of a “meditation rut”? If so, please share your experience in the comment section.
My meditation/mindfulness practice is honored by me as a special secure healing place. it is the door to escape the confines of the ego and it immature nature of never feeling good enough.
We are just getting away from judgment, thoughts, doubt, worry, words, dialogue, desires etc to be free.
Work on apply your mindfulness and this situation if not practicing is a moot situation.
relate a visual of the safest most secure space we encounter. Our true self, part of the right brain, is permanent, never changes. It is the only thing that does not change.
Emotions and thoughts change instantly sometimes.
Let me ask the crowd about emotions?
Ask if you are this emotion or that emotion. How often do emotions change?
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How big in size, do you think emotions are, compared to the mind? Do emotions define our individuality?
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Are there more important emotions? Which ones if any.
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Can emotions rule our being? How strong are emotions?
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Are there special emotions only PTSD suffers have?
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Where do emotions belong in relationship to happiness.
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Are any emotions permanent?
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Could we let emotions flow on through quickly and still be happy? Do more emotions lead to happiness?
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Can we be happy with negative emotions?
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The music evokes freodem, the feeling of being on a beach and enjoying time with family & friends. Great sound, very clear. Short video, to the point by using strong words. Very well done.
I think that it’s really important to remind yourself of what you are doing and why you are doing it each time before sitting down to meditate. Otherwise, it will become very automatic, and routinized – and in a way, the purpose is lost. You may be “paying attention” but only in a very mechanical way, perhaps only subconsciously. If your conscious mind really is paying attention to the present moment on purpose, there won’t really be any room for developing feelings of boredom. You may have thoughts of it, but you’d be able to recognize those thoughts and let them pass.
This still surprise me, how some peploe don’t know about Covertalox Hypnosis (google it), even though many peploe learned conversational hypnosis because of this hypnosis guide. Thanks to my friend who told me about Covertalox Hypnosis, I have totally learned hypnosis, and finally can connect with another person’s unconscious
I feel that time is come for people to share this unconditional love to all Souls living in this Planet called Earth. It is time to achieve Consciousnesses that the Future is Now, there is to short time to grow, spiritually talking. The Science, physics, astronomy is showing so clearly how great is God. We must stop with those guerrillas for territories dividing people on Earth in tribes, trying to fight for Power, domination and Money. I am 69 years old I was born on the ends of second war and I did not see any time that until now we had Complete peace on Earth. Love is the answer says the Song. I believe it.