“When you bring the dimension of mindfulness into your awareness, life itself becomes the meditation practice.” Jon Kabat-Zinn
Recently I went skiing at Deer Valley in Utah. I am very mindful when I ski because I don’t like to get hurt. If I am not focused in the moment on what I am doing, I can catch an edge and fall, and I really don’t like the after effects of falling. I also love absorbing nature when I am skiing. I stop from time to time and just take in the trees, the snow, how the light glistens off the snowflakes and the views. I use my senses and smell the fragrance of the woods, I listen to the sounds around me and I open my mouth and taste the snowflakes as they fall and I giggle. I am in the moment and being grateful for the beauty of nature. I enter a state of bliss. Skiing becomes my meditation practice for the day.
Where and when do you find it easiest to be mindful? How can you spend more time in the places that make it easiest to practice mindfulness?
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Mary Ann
1/21/2016 09:09:30 pm
I don't find mindfulness a natural way to be. Especially with so much noise in the world working as a distraction. Finding a quiet moment and making a conscious decision to look inward allow me to set an intention to clear my mind and just BE. Sometimes I can accomplish this for a few moments and sometimes a few blissful minutes will go by in a mindful state. And when this happens, I benefit for sometimes hours afterwards. I think being in nature is good, as well, and would love to hear from others about how mindfulness works for them.
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Peggy Steffens is an artist and Chopra Certified Meditation Instructor My goal is to build a community with like-minded individuals who want to grow, share and learn from one another. Please post comments to enrich the experience for all.
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