Commencing my journey of mindfulness on my walk to class revealed many key elements that decide my mood, energy, personality, and comfort on a daily basis. Taken for granted by many, the morning walk to class is riddled with discomforts, insights, sweat, and a large amount of time to think. I have determined that small actions like waking up earlier, making coffee every morning, hoping for good weather, and putting away my phone have improved my quality of life. One cannot began to describe the simple walk to class without first explaining the process of waking up. Depending on the day, I might wake up either at 9:00 am or 7:00 am. I am definitely not a morning person, yet I quickly get out of bed. I push myself out of the raised bed, barely …show more content…
I feel the rubbing on my smallest toe and blisters slowly developing. The boots basically decide my posture. I have this tendency to look down while I walk, either on the phone or the pavement. I avoid looking people directly in the eyes while walking, but I would never do this sitting in a room for example. Looking down, my posture is slightly bent forward with legs bent forward, relaxed arms, and tense shoulders. Unfortunately, studies have shown people who look down while walking have worse posture. I pondered how changing my posture would change my day. Adjusting my posture during my walk and during my sitting are my top priorities after examining my walk. The problem is feeling relaxed while keeping my spine aligned. Establishing proper posture requires much more repetition than I originally thought. This will likely be a 3 month process. Time is another forgotten, but important factor in my walk that I realized through experiments in mindfulness. I started waking up earlier to begin my observations on time and mindfulness. I planned to give myself more time in the morning and evaluate my senses. I believed creating extra time in the morning could help improve my day by creating extra time. In fact, with more available time came a dramatic improvement in my day. I am now waking up earlier and though the alarm clock rings over and over, I still curse the fact its already time to get
Mindfulness is a concept or practice that was founded nearly 2600 years ago. It is a very integral component of the Buddhist faith and is believed to be associated with many benefits including self-control, tolerance, flexibility, objectivity, concentration, mental clarity, emotional intelligence, kindness, compassion, acceptance, and equanimity.
For thousands of years people have practiced mediation for spiritual, emotional, and physical well-being. Albeit there are many mediation types, in this paper I will be discussing and focusing on mindfulness mediation. Before further exploring mindfulness mediation, it is crucial to define mediation as a whole. Tang, Holzel, & Posner, 2016 state “Meditation can be defined as a form of mental training that aims to improve an individual’s core psychological capacities, such as attentional and emotional capacities” (p.213). Having that in mind, we can dive into mindfulness mediation. Mindfulness meditation is defined as “nonjudgmental attention to present-moment experiences (Tang, Holzel, & Posner, 2016).” A useful analogy to consider is going to the gym, going to the gym allows one to enhance the body, well similarly, practicing mindfulness is akin to taking the mind to the psychic gym, it enhances it. Mindfulness meditation involves focusing on your breathing and then bringing your mind’s attention to the present all while dismissing discursive thoughts and maintaining a special focus on breathing.
During my High School years, I lived in a boarding school which helped shape students to act responsibly when we were out on excursions, debates and sports activities with other schools. I was never the early bird, when I got enrolled into the boarding house. A matron was assigned to each dorm to get the students ready by six in the morning, everyday for school. She did blow a whistle every morning exactly by six a.m, which meant "get up". She did give us twenty minutes to take a shower, ten minutes to lay the bed, another ten minutes to get dressed, and then twenty minutes to get breakfast and join the morning assembly of what I dreaded. It was a structure that did help shape me for the future. In Junior high, I grumbled when getting out of bed each day, I also exceeded the time frame given and faced the consequences at the end of the day. It was hard to keep up. One day, I formed a group of students to join me in protesting against the hectic time frame
It’s easy to think that mindfulness is a relatively new fad, with companies like Google inviting Zen masters to launch their Mindful Lunches. Maybe we think it’s a new need in today’s fast-paced life or because of a modern desire to be more productive. Mindfulness and meditation, however, are mentioned in ancient texts such as the Bible and have been around for thousands of years.
Andrew came to school today (4-9-18) with a gash of his nose. The top of his shoulder has a big scatch. It is unknown which shoulder. The bruise is red and fresh. Andrew was asked about the bruises. Andrew stated to the reporter: "He did not know. He did not know." Andrew was very defensive and hollered. Andrew cannot tell what had happened. Andrew stated to the reporter that: Junior and He was spinning around, and Junior threw him into a toy box. It made him cry." "Three weeks ago, Andrew came to school with large bruises on his forehead. The bruise was in the shape of a goosebump. The goosebump was yellow-brownish color. Andrew also had a bruise on one side of his face underneath his chin liked someone slapped him. Andrew's
However, afterward, people became accustomed to picking things up, meeting people, or getting on trains at certain times. As distance became less important, time became more important. It is this concept of time that has carried over to the present day. We are oriented around times and dates, from airline departures and arrivals to work schedules to social events. We no longer view the world as a big place that takes a long time to get from one place to another, but rather what time we will be there.
To begin with, mindfulness is when someone can pay attention to the present moment “without being devoted to different points of view” (Martin, 1997). Along with staying focused on the present moment, mindfulness is when the particular person does not judge the current experience as the person tries to comprehend the present situation. Mindfulness makes a person reflect on one’s self by not only figuring out one’s thoughts, but also the feelings that go along with it. The complex nature of mindfulness demonstrates that it has multiple purposes that cultivates a person into realizing the potential of the brain (Davis & Hayes,
Walkout; what is a Walkout? According to the website Dictionary.com, it defines the term walkout as “the act of leaving or being absent from a meeting, especially as an expression of protest”. Some people may say it is an act of retaliation, and others may say it is standing up for what you believe in. A walkout it is not only an act of leaving, it is a form of expression. People who are involved in a walkout bring attention or raise awareness for a certain issue that is taking place. That’s what happened in 1968. A group of East Los Angeles students walked out, in order to have their goals met by the L.A.U.S.D School District, which was, a better education for the Latino community.
Practicing mindfulness is something that most people probably have on their daily to-do list, but never getting around to it because they either don’t believe it’ll work or feel too busy with their lives to stop for literally just a minute to breathe. When going into this activity, my to-do is exactly what was in mind. It’s the list that is never completed. So, having this as an actual assignment was exactly what I needed to get a jumpstart on my mindfulness techniques in my daily life.
10-Minute Mindfulness appeals to me because I am at a time in my life where peace and simplicity are my priority. The stresses of everyday living cause emotional, physical and mental harm. A lifestyle change is needed to prevent further harm; mindfulness is a lifestyle change that requires dedication, practice and openness. Learning to live in the present moment, not the past or future, is key to reducing stress and becoming aware of the triggers that bring discord. This book provides support, guidance and encouragement in learning to be mindful.
There are 365 days in a year, 24 hours in a day, 60 minutes in an hour, and 60 seconds in each minute. This vital element to life is often looked over and is thought of to just pass as we go along our days. It’s not something that we usually stop for to think about and examine. To humans, time is seen as useless and easily brushed off, but many don’t realize that it is a crucial and necessary concept that affects our everyday life and could easily live without us.
In the past two decades, many philosophers, spiritual leaders, and psychological transitions have accentuated the importance of the quality of consciousness for the maintenance and enhancement of well-being. One of the characteristics of consciousness that has been discussed in relation to well-being is mindfulness. In concentration with the psychology discipline, mindfulness meditation practices have been increasingly used to treat a majority of pain, stress and anxiety-related conditions and also, increasing well-being. The ideology of mindfulness meditation has core roots in Buddhist philosophy and other pensive traditions where awareness and conscious attention are actively cultured (Brown, Kirk Warren,2003).
Meditation is not a time devoted to thinking or reflecting about oneself, but a time to redirect one’s thoughts and emotions away from the outside world and onto something simple, such as the wind or one’s own breathe. By learning how to meditate, an individual can learn how to react appropriately to “the circumstances one finds oneself in, i...
Prior to practicing mindfulness, I would run from place to place and moment to moment. I never took a moment to stop and take in all that surrounds me, because I was always too busy running towards the next big thing and looking for future happiness. Mindfulness was frustrating at the beginning, because for so long I was used to tuning things out and living in the present seemed like a waste of time. Once I began to live in the present it seemed as if I had a “senses awakening.” I was able to live in the present and experience all that life had to offer in the present and it exploded my mind with the beauty surrounding me that I missed. I was able to take in my surroundings through my senses and still my mind, which brought me back to the center. Through this sense of centering and living in the present, a walk from class to class became a time to touch base within my self and come back to the present before the next thing. I learned that stilling my self in the present creates a better me for the future and a happiness in the
No movie is perfectly made, there’s always small errors within it that may be so small that people don’t really notice. The majority of the time people rate a movie overall, they either like it or they don’t. Although when you really pay attention to a movie in detail you are able to see the imperfections and it makes you change your mind. I chose A Walk to Remember because it’s one of my favorite movies and I thought it’d be interesting to watch it from a different perspective. I came to realization that it is not in fact as good as I thought it was.