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How to Meditate: Meditation 101 for Beginners
10 Science-Backed Benefits of Meditation
What is Meditation?
How to Meditate: Meditation 101 for Beginners
10 Science-Backed Benefits of Meditation
What is Meditation?
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Mindfulness 101: A Beginner's Guide
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Hi, welcome back to
your Daily Mindfulness.
In today's session, we're going to
talk about the opposite of FOMO.
So if you haven't heard the word FOMO, the
definition of this, or it's an acronym,
it stands for fear of missing out.
The fear of missing out.
And even if you haven't heard
that expression, I'm sure you've
experienced the experience of FOMO.
Especially these days where we're
connected to our smartphones, technology.
So many things going on around the world.
We see pictures of people doing things.
We see people at parties
that we might not be at too.
We see all the things
our friends are doing.
And it, it can create this real fear
of am I missing out on something,
which sometimes can inspire us to do
a little bit more or make sure we're
involved in something that we might
otherwise not have been aware of.
But a lot of times, at least I know for
me, it just, it creates this obsessive,
neurotic feeling of am I doing enough?
Am I experiencing enough?
There's so much out there and I
don't feel like I can do it all.
And that I've found to be a
very unpleasant experience.
So I want to contrast that with another
word that I came across recently
that I think is the opposite of FOMO.
And this is called JOMO.
Another four, four word acronym.
It's the joy of missing out, rather
than the fear of missing out.
The joy of missing out.
And the definition of this is when you
embrace what's in front of you, trusting
that this is where you're supposed to
be right now, and feeling content with
disconnecting as a form of self-care.
Hmm.
So notice how that one lands for you.
For me, I, I, I think mindfulness
practice and the intention to be
present in our life is one of the
key things that can lead to, to JOMO.
We recognize that, yeah, there are
so many things that I could be doing
and in any given moment, right.
I could be here.
I could be there.
I could be traveling.
I could be at this job.
If I'm at a restaurant, I can
have this item or that item.
But when we really tune into what's
here right now and train ourselves
to appreciate the subtleties of
what's here and even find the joy
and the pleasure of what's here.
Then we're not activating
that FOMO mentality.
We're not caught in the fear of what
could be and instead we're training
ourselves to develop a contentment
with what is here right now.
And I really liked the last, last line of
that definition of feeling content with
disconnecting as a form of self care.
Because a lot of times when we do
finally have the opportunity to not do
something, where we could just sit on
the couch, lie down, maybe even watch
some, some TV or do some meditation.
The thing that can come up is we look
at our phone and we see everything
else going on and it immediately
gets in the way or can get in the way
of us feeling okay with letting go.
And so my encouragement to you is, is
when you feel those moments of FOMO,
when that fear does start to arise,
what would it look like to reorient
yourself to the joy of missing out?
What is the joy of what's in front of
you right now, what you're experiencing?
Notice the fear response, the
thoughts, just watch them.
They're just clouds
passing through the sky.
And drop into what's here right
now that you could appreciate.
And what, what is nice about not
being caught up in all of these other
things, but really giving yourself
permission to be where you are?
That's an ongoing training.
I get that it's difficult when there
is a world saying so many different
things that you should be doing.
And so in many ways, this is a massive
act of defiance against the system,
but it's something that can be trained
and we're doing it here with this,
with mindfulness and meditation.
So thanks for your practice and
let's continue to explore it by
settling in for our meditation today.
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