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A Practical Guide to Mindfulness (Tessa Watt)
The Buddhist roots of mindfulness
The practice of mindfulness goes back thousands of years. Many spiritual traditions have encouraged presence in the moment as a way to be in touch with our inner selves, or the divine. Buddhism has made mindfulness a core part of its teachings, more so than any other tradition…
Befriending the person you already are
The kind of meditation we use in mindfulness training is not about going off into altered states, trying to get to some better place. It’s not about sitting in the lotus position in flowing white robes on a turquoise beach, as the advertising posters would have it – pleasant…
Mindfulness is practice, not words
Mindfulness is about experience, not just words and concepts. To get the most from this book, you’ll need to do more than read – you’ll need to actually do the practices. Take your time. See if you can resist the urge to rush through to the end and ‘get somewhere’ quickly. It’s…
Stepping back from ruminating thoughts
If you’re prone to depression, you probably have a tendency to ‘ruminate’ – to get caught up in spirals of obsessive thoughts which are hard to distinguish from facts. Through mindfulness you can learn to stay grounded in the body and to be less caught up in the mind. You can…
The breath as an anchor
When you bring awareness to your breath, it is this breath, in this moment – not last year’s breath or tomorrow’s breath. The breath is closely connected to the body, and also to the mind; it is a link or bridge between the two. When you tune in to your breathing, your body and…
Bring the mind back a hundred times
If your mind wanders from the breath a hundred times, just bring it back a hundred times. See if you can escort your awareness back to the breath with kindness and good humour. This is the practice: not keeping the mind fixed in one place, but bringing the mind back, over and…
The busy monkey mind
When you start to meditate, you may find it shocking how active your mind is. It flits from one thought to another, often without any obvious logic. It may feel like a monkey leaping from tree to tree. You may even think, ‘I was looking for calm, but when I started to meditate…
Mindfulness is like brushing your teeth
Mindfulness practice is sometimes described as being a bit like brushing your teeth. It’s something you can do every day as part of your basic mental hygiene. It’s better to brush your teeth every day for 5 minutes, rather than for an hour on Sundays. In the same way, it’s good…
Listening to the body from the inside
When we go running or to the gym or to pilates class we may push through pain to exert our control over the body. When we eat, how often do we find that ‘our eyes are bigger than our stomach’ or that we are satisfying cravings that have little to do with what the body really…
La Formica Zen (italian Edition) ( )
Non saper smettere di pensare
Non essere capaci di smettere di pensare è una afflizione terribile,ma non ce ne rendiamo conto perchè quasi tutti ne soffrono, per cui è considerato normale. Eckhart Tolle
Ricordarsi di se stessi
Diventare consapevoli di noi stessi, anche solo per pochi momenti, è la tecnica che può aiutarci ad uscire dallo stato di alienazione in cui ci troviamo abitualmente... Deve essere accompagnato da uno sforzo di riduzione del troppo parlare, del mentire a noi stessi e del dare…
Coltivare il silenzio interiore
Il primissimo esercizio spirituale che bisogna adottare è il coltivare il silenzio interiore che mette fine al dialogo continuo con la mente. Fate che questa riposi per un po', non usatela per progettare dettagli irrilevanti né inquinatela con i fumi dell'invidia e…