March Mindfulness

March 1- 7 – Why Mindfulness
March 8 – 14 – Mindful Living on the Rise
March 15 – 21 – Stress Busting with Mindfulness
March 22 – 31 – The Mindfulness Path to Peace With What Is

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Why Mindfulness
If you have an interest in boosting concentration, easing stress, building your immune system, and being more joyful, not to mention, living an awakened, spiritually fulfilled life while creating all you desire, then mindfulness is the skill for you.

Mindfulness is not a special state you achieve through a trick or a technique, it is a way of being.  Yes, meditation is key to mindful-living, but so is your focus moment-to-moment.

Mindfulness Equals
The experience of mindfulness is of vibrancy and aliveness where creative responses to situations have room to arise, precisely because we’re not stuck in the well-worn grooves of the same old habitual reactions.  In mindfulness, we don’t lose discernment and intelligence.  These qualities, in fact, become more acute.  Stale preconceptions and automatic, rigid responses are no longer in control.

Mindfulness refines our attention so that we can connect more fully and directly with whatever life brings.  So many times our perception of what is happening is distorted by bias, habits, fears, or desires.  Mindfulness helps us see through these and be much more aware of what actually is.

In the Attraction Based Consciousness construct mindfulness:
•    Is the path to clear alignment – to resonance between your physical and nonphysical perspectives.
•    Brings an attitude of peace about “What is” with attention given to possibilities.
•    Allows you to look at “What Is”, without preconceived notions and knee jerk reactions.  Your response can be just “oh” or that makes it clear that I want _____.
•    Makes “What Is” simply an opportunity to clarify what is unwanted from what is wanted.
•    Heightens awareness of your emotions. By being aware of your emotions as guidance, you know if the vibrations of the thoughts of the Voice in your head are resonating with the vibrations of your Inner Being and Source.  You know if your VIBES are in clear alignment.  You know if you are the fullness of who you are, in your power and attracting what you want to be, do and have.
•    Trains you to look beyond “What Is” to what is clarified and what can be – what feels good to think and speak about.
•    Exercises your freedom of thought – to be aware and direct where you put your attention.

Meditation – the Tools of Tools
Because meditation builds the foundation for Mindful Living, this month we’ll give meditation hints each week.

Choose High Vibes
Plus, we suggest continuing with the process of choosing an emotion each morning and phase of the day making being mindful of your feelings, thus your clear alignment status, your priority.

Process 
Body Awareness Meditation        10 – 20 minutes
Take a few minutes each day noticing your physicality.  Not to judge your body or worry about it or push it harder at a workout, but to be in it.  This practice can tune you into your body bringing awareness to where you are right now.  It will heighten your senses and help you to relax more deeply.
•    Sit in a chair or on the floor, lie on the floor or stand. The main thing is to be comfortable so you feel supported and relaxed.
•    Close your eyes or leave them open in a soft gaze, not focusing on anything in particular.
•    Rest for a few moments, paying attention to the natural rhythm of your breathing.
•    Once your body and mind are settled, bring awareness to your body as a whole.  Be aware of your body resting and being supported by the chair, mattress, or floor.
•    Begin to focus your attention on different parts of your body.  You can focus on one particular area or go through a sequence: toes, feet, (sole, heel, top of foot), through the legs, pelvis, abdomen, lower back, upper back, chest shoulders, arms down to the fingers, shoulders, neck, different parts of the face and head.
•    For each part of the body, linger for a few moments and notice the different sensations as you focus.
•    The moment you notice that your mind has wandered, return your attention to the part of the body you last remember.
•    If you fall asleep during the body scan practice, that’s okay.  When you realize you’ve been nodding off, take a deep breath to help you reawaken and perhaps reposition your body.  When you’re ready return your attention to the part of the body you last remember focusing on.
From Susan Bauer-Wu PhD, director of the Compassionate Care Initiative of the University of Virginia School of Nursing

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Why Mindfulness

Law of Attraction Centering Thought    

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Hold the vision and trust that the Universe will acclimate to your vision. Hold the vision and trust the process.”    ~  Abraham

“Being is sufficient.  Being is ALL.  The cheerful, sunny self you are missing will return, as it always does, but only being will bring it back.”  ~  Alice Walker