Chapter 1:
EVERYDAY MINDFULNESS IN PRACTICE
How to be mindful every day, while dealing with everyday stuff?
The beautiful thing about mindfulness is that everything can become mindfulness practice, literally everything. Whatever you do mindfully, with presence and awareness of what you are doing, you are practicing mindfulness. This can be simple as drinking your tea, washing your dishes, petting your cat. If you are fully in the moment and aware of the cup you are holding and the warmth you are feeling on your skin, if you are present and observing every sip of tea that you take and how it tastes in your mouth, how it feels in your body, you are practicing mindfulness.
That said, there are also some simple ways and techniques that you can apply in your life throughout the day that can help you with your mindfulness practice.
I like to say that I am not a life coach, psychologist or some special person with some secret knowledge. I am just a regular everyday person and I spent a lot of years of my life seeking the answers on how to be my best self and live my best life, a mindful life. Everything I share with you is my personal experience and practices that I tried and that worked for me.
We will cover several morning, day and evening mindful practices:
Mindful morning:
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Mindful breathing
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Mindful meditation
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Sun Salutation
Mindful day:
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Mindful work
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Mindful eating
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Mindful communication
Mindful evening:
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Mindful walking
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Gratitude
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Body scanning