Archive | March, 2010

Posture

31. March 2010

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Shift your awareness to your posture. Don’t adjust, just notice. Where are your legs in relation to your torso? Where’s your head in relation to your shoulders?

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Happy Foundation

30. March 2010

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You can only build a happy life on the foundation of your own nature. – Gretchen Rubin

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Overwhelm

29. March 2010

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What do you do – first – when you’re overwhelmed? How does being mindful help when your plate overflows?

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THE MINDFULIST Podcast : Show 4

28. March 2010

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Eye doctors, trendy stores, and Gwen’s quiet migration to “Cat Lady” status.

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One More Time

27. March 2010

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This weekend, do one thing twice that you usually do once. Flip through a magazine? Flip again. Wash your hair? Wash it again. On the second time through, what do you notice that you didn’t notice the first time?

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Thinking About Doing

26. March 2010

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Are you thinking about doing these prompts at The Mindfulist and on Twitter (@themindfulist) or are you doing them? Sometimes when it comes to taking care of ourselves we think about doing more than we do. And it’s good to be aware, either way.

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Waste

25. March 2010

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For one 24-hour period, make note/become aware of what you dispose of.

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Quality Exchanges

24. March 2010

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Do you bring your awareness to each exchange you have? How about those that you wish you weren’t having? Think: if you’re interrupted on your way to work by an activist, are you mindful in your exchange? Or do you blow them off?

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Cherry Blossoms

23. March 2010

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“For those few days the hills are bright with cherry-blossom. Longer, and we should not prize them so.” – Yamabe no Akahito / 山部赤人

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Mindfulness Breeds Mindfulness?

22. March 2010

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If kindness breeds kindness, as scientists are finding, should it follow that mindfulness breeds mindfulness? Is it true in your experience? (Click Participate to read the Wired article on kindness.)

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