Mindfulness
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"We take daily sensory inputs for granted until they are absent … I cannot wait to feel and hear Earth again."
Astronaut Christina Koch upon her return to Earth after 328 days aboard the International Space Station.
TOUR OF THE SENSES
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The Three Attentional Skills of mindfulness
Irrespective of the mindfulness practice or exercise that you do, you will be training three attentional skills (Concentration, Sensory Clarity and Inner Balance). As those skills develop, they will be become more and more available to you in all spheres of your life and you bring mindfulness into your daily life.
It is similar to when you go to the gym. During a workout, you may develop strength, endurance and flexibility. As your training progresses, those characteristics become noticeable even when you are outside the gym!
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If you are a visual, auditory or kinaesthetic learner, you may have a better grasp of the three mindful awareness skills watching those three videos.
Concentration described with Play-Doh
Sensory Clarity illustrated with Play-Doh
Equanimity explained with Play-Doh
Common issues while practicing mindfulness
When starting a mindfulness practice, you may encounter some challenges that pull you away from the mindfulness exercise. Here are the most common issues that you may encounter during any mindfulness practice.
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Expression of gratitude
I initially explored mindfulness to decrease stress, but I quickly experienced other benefits that fuelled my mindfulness practice. Mindfulness was not only reducing my stress, but it was changing my relationship to stress altogether. I felt free for the first time. I was no longer the prisoner of my mental talk (inner voice) and my emotions. Mindfulness also became a fantastic tool to discover myself at a deeper level. I started to experience wonderful transformations in my personal and professional life.
For this, I am eternally grateful for the extraordinary people at Unified Mindfulness. Shinzen Young created Unified Mindfulness and has been refining it over the last 50 years. It is a very comprehensive and inclusive secular mindfulness system inspired by the world’s contemplative approaches. The spirit of science infused in this system resonated with me. I have been practicing, studying, and teaching this mindfulness approach for the last few years.
For more on Unified Mindfulness, click HERE
For more on Shinzen Young, click HERE
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