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#MindfulnessMonday 2/25/19

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Today’s #MindfulnessMonday Tip:

Stress is just as harmful to your health as smoking and drinking. With that in mind, let’s talk about the common effects of stress on your body, mood, and behavior so you can recognize stress when it occurs and how to handle it.

https://youtu.be/LkEB8eCibaE 

With that little piece of advice, I give you today’s Mindfulness Exercise:

Exploring your thoughts!

Commit to five minutes, when you are sure you won’t be disturbed. Sit down, somewhere you’re comfortable, and close your eyes. Focus on your breathing as it enters your body and exits your body. Observe your thoughts through this process, without trying to control them. Imaging your thoughts like clouds in the sky just floating by. Let each thought come into your mind and then fly past without trying to grasp on to any one thought. Don’t analyze your thoughts, just recognize them and let them pass. Repeat this as long as you feel comfortable while maintaining a pleasant detachment from the thoughts themselves.

Often times our thoughts lead us to the stressors that are most prevalent in our daily lives. Glimpses into our mind, such as this exercise, can help you discover the source of your stress and help you to disconnect from it in order to start the healing process.

Mindfulness Journaling Prompt:

Take 5 minutes to reflect on the ‘Exploring your thoughts’ mindfulness exercise. Make notes about your thoughts, what they were, how they made you feel, if it was easy or hard to detach yourself from them, etc.

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Check out my #MindfulnessMonday YouTube Series and don’t forget to click subscribe so you never miss an episode!

EPISODE 8 ~ Let’s Talk About STRESS!

https://youtu.be/Mm4GBuAz2QA

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Would you like to take the 52-week challenge and experience a more mindful existence? Check out The Invisible You ~ 52 Weeks of Meditations, Activities, and Writing Prompts to Help you Discover You!
*I’m certified in Holistic Stress Management and Mind/Body Fitness. I’ve been practicing Mindfulness for 10+ years and am passionate about helping others in their pursuit of a more mindful existence.

#MindfulnessMonday 2/18/19

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Today’s #MindfulnessMonday Tip: Make Mindfulness a Daily Practice by doing these simple techniques: https://youtu.be/ZIqTbE-mMXw

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With that little piece of advice, I give you today’s Mindfulness Exercise:

What are you naturally drawn to?

Stand, wherever you are, and just look around you. Take it all in. What colors are you drawn to? What do you smell? Pick something up and hold it, how does it make you feel? Reflect on how you feel about the things and the people around you and the benefits they bring to your life. Do this for just a few minutes a couple of times throughout your day.

Mindfulness Journaling Prompt: How did today’s exercise make you feel? What did you discover about yourself and your surroundings? If they something or someone affected you in a negative way, why? There are always ways to eliminate the negative effects on our life, so what can you do to change your surroundings to increase the positive aspects?

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Check out my #MindfulnessMonday YouTube Series and don’t forget to click subscribe so you never miss an episode!

EPISODE 7 ~ 5 Ways to Help you Develop a Daily Mindfulness Practice

https://youtu.be/ZIqTbE-mMXw 

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InvisibleWould you like to take the 52-week challenge and experience a more mindful existence? Check out The Invisible You ~ 52 Weeks of Meditations, Activities, and Writing Prompts to Help you Discover You!
*I’m certified in Holistic Stress Management and Mind/Body Fitness. I’ve been practicing Mindfulness for 10+ years and am passionate about helping others in their pursuit of a more mindful existence.

#MindfulnessMonday 2/11/19

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mindfulToday’s #MindfulnessMonday Tip: Mindfulness Doesn’t just happen overnight. Mindfulness is a way of life, a practice that you have to incorporate into your life if you want to see the benefits in your life. It is the small habits, done consistently, that help to make mindfulness a daily practice.

With that little piece of advice, I give you today’s Mindfulness Exercise:

WHAT CAN YOU HEAR?
Take a few minutes, in private, to sit with your eyes closed and focus on the sounds around you. What can you hear? Are any animals barking in the distance, people typing on their computer keyboards, wind blowing through the trees, cars, doors opening and closing, the sounds of nature? How do those sounds make you feel? How do they affect your mood? How does your body feel and react to the noises around you? Focus on your breathing, taking long deep breaths in and slowly letting them out. Try to release any tension you might be feeling as you push the outside noises away and just focus on the sound and feel of your breath.
Mindfulness Journaling Prompt: How did today’s exercise make you feel? What noises surround you and how do they affect your mood? If they affected you in a negative way, what can you do to change your surroundings and decrease the negative affects?

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Check out my #MindfulnessMonday YouTube Series and don’t forget to click subscribe so you never miss an episode!

EPISODE 6 ~ Developing a Daily Mindfulness Practice

https://youtu.be/2cQFEPs1Y9s

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51Pe04-x+wL._SX398_BO1,204,203,200_Would you like to take the 52-week challenge and experience a more mindful existence? Check out The Invisible You ~ 52 Weeks of Meditations, Activities, and Writing Prompts to Help you Discover You!

*I’m certified in Holistic Stress Management and Mind/Body Fitness. I’ve been practicing Mindfulness for 10+ years and am passionate about helping others in their pursuit of a more mindful existence.

#MindfulnessMonday 2/4/19

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Today’s #MindfulnessMonday Tip: Keep a mindful journal. By keeping a journal of your mindful experiences you learn to appreciate not only how the experiences make you feel but also how they effect your life. Journaling, and reflecting back on your experiences, will encourage you to continue different practices in order to become more mindful in your daily life.

With that little piece of advice, I give you today’s Mindfulness Exercise:

Stand with your weight distributed evenly on both feet. You can hold on to something if you need to in order to stay steady. Slowly roll your weight along each part of your feet, starting with the heels and moving along your soles and right up onto your toes. Then roll back to your heels. Continue this motion, for one to two minutes, noticing the feel of the stretch in your feet, legs, and hips. Finish by standing firmly on both feet, your weight evenly distributed.

Mindfulness Journaling Prompt: How did today’s exercise make you feel?

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Check out my #MindfulnessMonday YouTube Series and don’t forget to click subscribe so you never miss an episode!

EPISODE #1 ~ What is Mindfulness

EPISODE #2 ~ Tips to Reduce Stress and Anxiety

EPISODE #3 ~ MindFULLness not MindLESSness

EPISODE #4 ~ How to Boost Your Joy

EPISODE #5 ~ Tips to Boost Your Daily Productivity

 

New episodes are posted every Monday, on the YouTube channel, so check back often!

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51Pe04-x+wL._SX398_BO1,204,203,200_Want to take the 52 week challenge and experience a more mindful existence? Check out The Invisible You ~ 52 Weeks of Meditations, Activities, and Writing Prompts to Help you Discover You!

*I’m certified in Holistic Stress Management and Mind/Body Fitness. I’ve been practicing Mindfulness for 10+ years and am passionate about helping others in their pursuit of a more mindful existence.

 

Becoming Mindful

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I have been pretty vocal, via Facebook and other social media, over the past 12-18 months about the importance of being mindful and the practice of mindfulness. However, I’m not sure I’ve ever really talked about it here on my blog. So, as I look at the changes I want to make in myself over the next year and how I’d like this blog to grow in 2019, I’ve decided to kick off a new weekly post: #MindfulnessMonday 

 

mindfulness#MindfulnessMonday – In this weekly post, starting February 2019, I will be sharing some mindfulness tips and tricks. I will also share a weekly mindful journaling exercise that can be done in just minutes. Make sure you subscribe to my YouTube series #MindfulnessMonday so you never miss an episode.  

 

CURRENT EPISODES: 

EPISODE #1 ~ What is Mindfulness?

EPISODE #2 ~ Tips to Reduce Stress and Anxiety!

EPISODE #3 ~ MindFULness NOT MindLESSness!

New episodes are posted every Monday, on the YouTube channel, so check back often! 

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Want to take the 52 week challenge and experience a more mindful existance? Check out The Invisible You ~ 52 Weeks of Meditations, Activities, and Writing Prompts to Help you Discover You!

*I’m certified in Holistic Stress Management and Mind/Body Fitness. I’ve been practicing Mindfulness for 10+ years and am passionate about helping others in their pursuit of a more mindful existence.