How Meditation Stops Rumination

Meera WattsHabit-Breakers, How To Practice Mindfulness, Ideas For Your Mind, Managing Thoughts & Emotions, Meditation, Mindlessness

How Meditation Stops Rumination One famous study suggests that people’s mind have this tendency to wander for about 50% of the time. While that seems harmless, the thoughts that occur during such wandering times are often unpleasant and full of worries. We are caught up thinking about what we need to do, what we fail to do, and other things … Read More

You Do You – The Practice Of Self-Care

Tasha DavidsonBe Yourself, Guest Posts, How To Practice Mindfulness, Ideas For Your Mind, Mindfulness

The practice of self-care. We get really focused on what it is that our neighbor is or isn’t doing. What our friends, or worse yet – our enemies, have going on or don’t have going on. How we get so focused on everything and everyone around us and we spend little time attending to our own backyard. It’s easier to acknowledge … Read More

Mindful Misconceptions: What Mindfulness Is And What It Is Not…

KatBe Yourself, Benefits Of Mindfulness, Guest Posts, How To Practice Mindfulness, Ideas For Your Mind, Inspire Me..., Mindfulness

What Mindfulness Is And What It Is Not… Amongst recent fads in fitness (waist trainers, vibration belts, CrossFit), diet (gluten-free, Paleo, juicing), and self-help (positive thinking, adult colouring books, gratitude), mindfulness meditation has rapidly risen to awareness. Despite its increasing popularity, however, very few people can clearly define and explain what mindfulness actually is. Is mindfulness simply another fad? Does … Read More

How Can Mindfulness Help You Rediscover The Simple Joys Of Life?

Josh FlowersBenefits Of Mindfulness, Guest Posts, How To Practice Mindfulness, Ideas For Your Mind, Inspire Me..., Managing Thoughts & Emotions, Mindfulness

The Things We Lost – Rediscover Your Childlike Wonder… Recall that feeling when, after believing that you had lost something forever, you come across it some days, weeks, or months later… Maybe it was the earring that turned up under the couch cushion? An old Photo? We have all had those moments of surprise when, having written something off as … Read More

Refocus Your Energy Through Mindfulness Practice…

Katie CarlsonBe Yourself, Gratitude, Guest Posts, How To Practice Mindfulness, Ideas For Your Mind, Mindfulness

Refocus Your Energy Through Mindfulness Practice Everyone wants to feel alive and take in the world around them. Yet, not everyone’s sure how to go about it. You can refocus your energy through a mindfulness practice. Mindfulness is fairly easy to do, but a skill that with work you can learn to master! Here’s how… Daily Gratitude It’s important to … Read More