mind-full or mindful?

7 attitudes to cultivate mindfulness in your practice and life

1. non-judging

whenever we think, judgements tend to dominate our mind. 'this is boring' or 'this isn't working' or 'I can't do this’ and we react from those. When they come up, recognise them as judgmental talk and remind yourself you are just observing your thoughts.

2. patience

Like things in nature have their time to grow and blossom, we can cultivate acceptance and no-rush toward ourselves and others. Whether we like it or not, things are gonna be like that anyway.

3. beginner's mind

'We tend to take the things we know for granted and fail to grasp the extraordinariness of the ordinary.'

The beliefs of what we know prevent us to see things as they really are. Are you able to see the sky, the clouds, the colours of the leaves when you are outdoor?

4. trust

Trust your intuition. If you don't listen to your body and your feelings, you may injure yourself. And use teachers as guides.

5. non-striving

In mindfulness, we shouldn't have purposes. Meditation has no other goal than you to be yourself trying less and being more. Mindfulness is simply paying attention to whatever is happening.

6. acceptance

We should see and accept things as they are in every moment and being fully with them. We may be so busy denying and forcing a situation to be different than it is we may have little energy for healing and growing.

7. letting go

Every night we let go of our mind we are able to sleep. If we cannot let go, we cannot sleep. Same in the everyday life or practice, letting go with non-attachment of pleasant or painful events allow us to watch as we are in each moment.