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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?
Benefits of Mindfulness: Mindful Living Can Change Your Life
Mindfulness 101: A Beginner's Guide
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Hi, and welcome to your Daily Mindfulness.
Today, I'm going to talk about
a really simple way to embody
more presence in daily life.
So when I talk about embodying
presence, I really mean a sense
that you're fully occupying your
body and your life, in the moment.
So often our body is in one
place, but our attention is off
somewhere else lost in thought.
So when we fully come home to
ourselves and the body and mind
are in the same place at the same
time, something magical happens.
We're fully alive in the moment.
But this kind of embodiment rarely
happens on its own for very long.
Most of us really take consistent and
regular mindfulness practice to be able
to embody presence ongoing in our lives.
So when we're training in mindful living,
there's lots of different ways to go
about staying present throughout the day.
One way is through body awareness.
So we can become more aware
of what our physical body is
doing in any given moment.
For instance, we can be aware of
when the body is sitting, aware of
when we're lying down, aware when
we're eating, aware when the body is
walking, typing, when we're making tea.
So when monks first arrive at a
Buddhist monastery, they're often given
this practice to notice and mentally
note what position their body is in.
So when they're walking, they might
mentally note to themselves, walking.
When they're sitting, they
mentally note, sitting.
When they eat, they mentally
note, eating and so on.
Now you might think this sounds
overly simplistic, right?
But if you try this out, what you're
going to notice is that it continuously
brings the mind back from wandering
and anchors you in the here and now.
It's deceptively effective and powerful.
So you can apply this to so many
situations throughout the day,
whether it's working out at the gym,
hugging someone, having a stretch,
all of these are opportunities
to come back to body awareness.
And the great thing about this
particular practice is it doesn't
take any extra time out of your life.
We can apply this
technique to any situation.
So I encourage you today to give
this a try and just see how it goes
for you, see how it feels for you.
I think you'll find that you'll be
much more aware, centered, and calm.
Wishing you well with it.
And as always, thank you for your
practice and your presence here with us.
And inviting you now to begin to
settle in for today's meditation.
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