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How to Meditate: Meditation 101 for Beginners
10 Science-Backed Benefits of Meditation
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Hi, welcome back to your Daily Mindfulness. In today's session, I want to talk about freeing yourself from thoughts. So this will be a simple strategy that you can use when you find yourself overly identified with negative thoughts. You know, part of mindfulness practice is about learning to hold thoughts in awareness with less identification so that you can relate to them more objectively. And we can also learn to reframe thoughts or shift thoughts in the mind so that their impact on us is different.
So let's just take a scenario that could trigger a certain thought. Let's say you're a very Type A personality, used to working very hard, but you take a break. And while you're taking that break, taking time off not doing anything, the thought arises in your mind, this is weak. This is weak. So what I would play around with here is do a switch from this is weak to I have a story that this is weak.
This is wak to I have a story that this is weak. Saying you have a story in your mind that this is that. By simply saying, I have a story about this, you're creating space around the thought and identifying more with the awareness of the thought, rather than the content of the thought. Another example, you have a relationship breakup and the thought comes up that says, I'm not going to find love again. You switch that to, I have a story that I'm not going to find love again.
There's nothing that radical about this, but it's simple strategies like this implemented into our day that can actually be quite freeing. And they can prevent these single thought moments from cascading into a whole host of other negative thoughts. So today notice when some of these difficult thoughts come into your mind. And practice adding. I have a story about, whatever the thought is.
And then see how it impacts your mindfulness journey and your overall journey of freeing yourself from the often negative thoughts that permeate our minds. Thank you for your practice. Let's settle in for today's meditation.
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Hi, welcome back to your Daily Mindfulness. In today's session, I want to talk about freeing yourself from thoughts. So this will be a simple strategy that you can use when you find yourself overly identified with negative thoughts. You know, part of mindfulness practice is about learning to hold thoughts in awareness with less identification so that you can relate to them more objectively. And we can also learn to reframe thoughts or shift thoughts in the mind so that their impact on us is different.
So let's just take a scenario that could trigger a certain thought. Let's say you're a very Type A personality, used to working very hard, but you take a break. And while you're taking that break, taking time off not doing anything, the thought arises in your mind, this is weak. This is weak. So what I would play around with here is do a switch from this is weak to I have a story that this is weak.
This is wak to I have a story that this is weak. Saying you have a story in your mind that this is that. By simply saying, I have a story about this, you're creating space around the thought and identifying more with the awareness of the thought, rather than the content of the thought. Another example, you have a relationship breakup and the thought comes up that says, I'm not going to find love again. You switch that to, I have a story that I'm not going to find love again.
There's nothing that radical about this, but it's simple strategies like this implemented into our day that can actually be quite freeing. And they can prevent these single thought moments from cascading into a whole host of other negative thoughts. So today notice when some of these difficult thoughts come into your mind. And practice adding. I have a story about, whatever the thought is.
And then see how it impacts your mindfulness journey and your overall journey of freeing yourself from the often negative thoughts that permeate our minds. Thank you for your practice. Let's settle in for today's meditation.
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