Reconnect In 10 Minutes Or Less

TRY A SHORT 7 MINUTE MINDFULNESS PRACTICE

Mindfulness is a major classification of meditation practices, known as vipassana, or insight meditation. Sometimes just called breath centered meditation. While it is taught in various ways, depending on your guide or the lineage of the practice, the practice always has some main characteristics: you begin by gathering your attention on your breath and slowly move to a wider and wider scope of attention, observation - such as noticing sound in your environment. When thoughts (or feelings and sensations) pull your attention from your breath you simply note the thought as best as you can without judgment and instead of dialoguing with it or following it, you gentle relax more. In addition, just as sound rises and falls - you relax with everything that is in the field of your awareness. You relax with your breath, in your set, as present as possible with each moment as it’s happening.

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ALL IT TAKES IS 10 MINDFUL MINUTES

When is the last time you did absolutely nothing for 10 whole minutes? Not texting, talking or even thinking? Mindfulness expert Andy Puddicombe describes the transformative power of doing just that: Refreshing your mind for 10 minutes a day, simply by being mindful and experiencing the present moment. (No need for incense or sitting in uncomfortable positions.)

Watch Andy Puddicombe's TEDx Talk.