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How was your mindfulness today? Mindfulness is about momentum,. Keep building on success, even if you were mindful for 5 minutes today, that’s your foundation for tomorrow!

Time: 15 minutes You can use the timer on your phone, but don’t forget to turn off notifications so you don’t get distracted. Keep it simple! Start with a quick scan of your entire body and relax each body part as you bring it to mind. Follow your breath as you breathe in and out. When distracting thoughts arise, don’t get discouraged or follow them. Return to the breath. That’s it 👍

How was your mindfulness today? Mindfulness is about momentum,. Keep building on success, even if you were mindful for 5 minutes today, that’s your foundation for tomorrow!

Time: 20 minutes Now you’re getting the hang of it! Start each session with a few deep breaths to center yourself. Then spend a few minutes working with metta. Always start with generating compassion for yourself, then spread that compassion out to the rest of the world. There’s no need to look at your timer, instead when you feel you’ve been doing metta for about five minutes, gently move back to the breath. Breathing in, breathing out, until the timer rings.

How was your mindfulness today? Mindfulness is about momentum,. Keep building on success, even if you were mindful for 5 minutes today, that’s your foundation for tomorrow!

How was your mindfulness today? Mindfulness is about momentum,. Keep building on success, even if you were mindful for 5 minutes today, that’s your foundation for tomorrow!

How was your mindfulness today? Mindfulness is about momentum,. Keep building on success, even if you were mindful for 5 minutes today, that’s your foundation for tomorrow!

How was your mindfulness today? Mindfulness is about momentum,. Keep building on success, even if you were mindful for 5 minutes today, that’s your foundation for tomorrow!

Time: 25 minutes Focus on vipassana this week. Start each session with enough breathing meditation to calm your mind and then switch to body scanning. As your sits get longer, keep strong 💪

Now that you have a foundation in meditation, you can explore, experiment and find a practice that works for you. As your sessions stabilize, you can add a bit more time each week with 45 minutes being the ideal amount of time to sit. Keeping your practice balanced is the key to success. Make sure you practice breathing meditation, metta and vipassana. You can start with a few minutes of breathing meditation to calm the mind, do a body scan and finish up with metta—or whatever works for you.

Looking for a way to kick-off your meditation practice and start a long-lasting routine? Let go of all your misconceptions about meditation, tune into your breath and get ready to find complete balance and total Zen. In this 10-day meditation journey, we will ease you into a routine and help you reap all of the benefits meditation has to offer. Each day we will focus on an aspect that links our mind to our body (and breath) to help you develop a practice that works for you! Beginning and sticking with our practice is not so easy, so let's start slow. We will start by devoting just 5 minutes a day for the first few days (preferably when you first wake in the am) and gradually work our way to 15+ minutes of mindfulness each day. We will learn how to tune into our breath, different breathing techniques, quieting the mind, noticing areas of tension and discomfort in the body, and discovering tools to amplify our meditation experience. We will also practice guided visualization meditations and have a brief introduction to our chakra system. Each day we will practice bringing our attention to the sensations in our body, to the fluctuations in our mind, and to the quality of our breath so that we may find peace and awareness within ourselves

Like the rest of the body, it’s good to exercise the mind. Daily exercise, and meditation, has been shown to improve health, by decreasing stress, which allows the body (and mind) to naturally release endorphins, relax and heighten awareness. There is a lot of research on mindfulness and meditation, which have found it to be of great benefit for health and wellbeing. The following mindful exercise can be done daily to reduce stress and create balance. Meditation Text Close the eyes, and let the body settle. Feel the air surrounding and touching the body; notice where it makes contact with the skin. It may feel hot, cool, or prickly. Be aware of the air, as it enters the body; through the nose and/or mouth, down the throat, and into the lungs, with each inhale, and as it returns from the lungs, up the throat and out the nose and/or mouth, upon each exhale. Breathe naturally. Let the body go at its own pace. There is no need to breathe quickly, or try to force it to slow down. Keep coming back to the breath. Focus attention on its complete path, from inhalation to exhalation, or on any one point along the way. If the strongest connection is at the tip of the nose, then maintain awareness of it entering and leaving at that point. If the back of the throat, or the expanding and contracting of the lungs, are stronger points of contact, then be aware of one of those areas with each breath. Follow the air, one breath at a time, as it enters and leaves the body. If thoughts, emotions, or other sensations come into awareness, return to the breath as soon as they are noticed – one breath at a time. Feel the air surrounding and touching the body; notice where it makes contact with the skin. Breathe and open the eyes slowly.