Mindfulness and daily activities
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The point of meditating is to bring about a greater degree of mindfulness, so that your entire life can be transformed.
To some extent this can happen naturally; the mindfulness we develop in meditation simply spills over into our daily lives, and we find ourselves being more aware of how our mind and emotions function in everyday encounters with the world, leading to an increased freedom from reactive emotional and mental habits.
But we don’t have to simply hope that our meditation will have an effect on the rest of our lives. We can consciously choose to use everyday activities as opportunities to practice mindfulness.
I like to suggest to my meditation students that they take a few daily activities and make a point of doing them with more awareness than usual.
Elsewhere I’ve suggested a number of ways in which mindfulness can be brought into the act of driving a car. I think this is particularly valuable since so many of us spend a lot of time driving these days and since sharing the road with so many other drivers can be a source of emotional strain.
So here are a few suggestions for other activities that you can turn into meditation practices.
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[...] Showering meditation Other activities that can also be used include simple things like showering or brushing our teeth. When you shower mindfully, you can be aware of the physical actions, such as rubbing soap onto your body, or the way you shampoo your hair. You can be aware of the water hitting your skin and running down your body. You can be aware of how your mind tends to think about what you’re going to be doing next, and get into the habit of bringing your awareness back to your physical experience. (Remember that the point in being mindful is not to think about your experience but simply to notice it. from : Mindfulness and daily activities | Wildmind Buddhist Meditation [...]
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