How to Master the Art of Mindful Eating. Editors note: This is a guest post by Jules Clancy from stonesoup. When I quit my job in January to focus on blogging full time, there were many changes I was excited about implementing in my lifestyle. One of the most rewarding has been around my eating habits. During my years as a corporate wage slave, breakfast was a meal I ate alone in my car. Bites snatched and barely chewed while I negotiated the frustrating traffic on my one hour commute. Lunch tended to be an even more disappointing affair. With my new schedule I was committed to making a change. And the benefits? Reduced over eating. Increased enjoyment of food. Improved digestion. Being satisfied with less. How to master the art of mindful eating: 1. 2. 3. 7.Use cutlery and put it down between mouthfuls. 8. 9. 10.
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Healing Guided-Meditation w Relaxation Music (Complete 30 Minutes Track) Healing Self-Hypnosis. 9 Mindfulness Rituals to Make Your Day Better | zen habits. “Smile, breathe and go slowly.” - Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen Buddhist monk Post written by Leo Babauta. Are you simply moving through your day, without fully living? I did this for many years. It was as if life were just passing by, and I was waiting for something to happen. But today isn’t preparation for tomorrow. Fully live today by being mindful. You don’t need to do all of these, but give a few of them a try to see if they make your day better.
Mindfulness Rituals Ritual isn’t about doing a routine mindlessly. Here are a few of my favorites: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. These rituals aren’t the only time you should be mindful, but they’re great reminders. Nine ways of resting the mind. Nine ways of resting the mind (Tib. སེམས་གནས་པའི་ཐབས་དགུ་, sem nepé tab gu; Wyl. sems gnas pa’i thabs dgu) — whatever the object of our meditation, we pass through nine stages in the development of shamatha. Resting the Mind (Tib. འཇོག་པ་, jokpa) – focusing the mind upon an object [number 2 on the illustration]Resting the Mind Longer (Tib. རྒྱུན་དུ་འཇོག་པ་, gyündu jokpa) – maintaining that continuity [9]Continuously Resettling the Mind (Tib.
བླན་ཏེ་འཇོག་པ་, len té jokpa) – whenever one forgets the object and becomes distracted one resettles the mind [13]Fully Settling the Mind (Tib. The ninth stage of resting the mind is also known as the ‘one-pointed mind of the desire realm’ (Tib. These are taken from Maitreya's Ornament of Mahayana Sutras (Skt. Six Powers These stages are accomplished through the six powers (Skt. ṣaḍbala; Tib. Listening/study (Skt. śrūtabala; Tib. Four Mental Engagements All of these stages can be condensed into the four mental engagements (Tib. Notes Internal Links.