Could you get someone to join you in your Day of Mindfulness today? (How is your mindfulness practice when you practice with a partner/child/friend?)
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7. March 2010 at 7:43 pm
Just found out about the new project today. Looking forward to your next podcasts.
My husband and I went for a hike today. Those times are when I find myself to be the most present – walking in the woods, just listening to our footsteps. If I can be that present on a nature walk – watching the only path that is right in from of me – why can’t I do the same every day?
8. March 2010 at 1:25 pm
Hey Tonya,
It’s awesome that you can enjoy yourself in the woods with your husband. The intrinsic harmony and calmness of a forest serves as my own private sanctuary. Walking along a trail can be a great environment for mindfulness because I am not faced with a situation that would urge me to get off my internal cushion. Sometimes I go off trail and experience mindfulness in making judgement calls on which way to go. However, as soon as I get out of the forest and back on to the busy roads to walk home, the disorganized and loud nature of the city pulls me out of mindfulness. It became clear to me that I resented and judged the noise of the streets and it caused me to lose my footing.
In the forest, I am ‘okay’ with the present moment and having only one path to follow helps. But in everyday life, suddenly many paths and distractions pop up and I am faced with a lot that I am not okay with so it’s easy to avoid the present. Perhaps our relationship to the present moment, the relationship to another person, and even the relationship to the loud city plays a role in our mindfulness.
8. March 2010 at 7:26 pm
None of my friends are into the idea of mindfulness at all. Everyone’s wrapped up in sports and grades and normal high school stuff.
Maybe by just taking the time to be in the present moment with someone, instead of worrying about how they’ll remember the conversation later or how it will affect their popularity, will help. Even if they’re worrying about those things themselves.