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Mindfulness or Mindfullness ?

What is mindfulness?

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Mindfulness is a mental state that  can be achieved by being present on the moment and be focused while acknowledging and accepting the feeling, thoughts, and the sensation of the body. 

Hey, Lets begin with Easy-peasy techniques!

Password therapy : use a motivational word or phrase as your password. This technique is like talking to yourself but, no cheating with saved password. Example (password : alliswell).

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Mindfulness Walks : observing while walking  around and take everything in by using all your  sense. 

Snapping to life : Focus. If your though wandering around, find a way to come back to life. Sometimes, we need to be fully present.

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Practice being curious : Curiosity is not that bad. It is good technique in practicing mindfulness. For example, when you take a bath, imagine that was first time feeling the water, smelling the soap or watching the steam as it shifts and changes before their eyes.

Forgive and invite : When we get caught in an obstacle in our life, we “forgive” ourselves for the time gone by, investigate the obstacle to learn from it, and then “invite” ourselves to begin again.

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Hold the emotion lightly  : This enable us to not get so wrapped up in the difficult feeling and when the comfortable emotion are present, also hold them lightly as we know that are not permanent feeling. So that we can be grateful at a good moment and be graceful during difficult ones.

And here we come....the benefits of mindfulness.... =D

P/s: You can learn more about the techniques on the links below! Hey, lets try!

References :

Emmons, R. A., & McCullough, M.E. (2003). “Counting blessings versus burdens: An experimental investigation of gratitude and subjective well-being in daily life.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 377-389.

Hölzel, B., Carmody, J., Vangel, M., Congleton, C., Yerramsetti, S., Gard, T., Lazar (2011) S. Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 191 (1)

http://www.counseling.org/news/blog/aca-blog/2014/10/24/14-day-mindfulness-challenge-going-on-the-wagon

http://www.mindful.org/7-things-mindful-people-do-differently-and-how-to-get-started/#

http://www.selfication.com/how-to-practice-mindfulness/  

By : Nurul Azwa Syahida Binti Yusof (48563)