Wednesday, November 30, 2011

THE BREATH AND MINDFULNESS

One of the simplest ways to practice mindfulness is to focus on your breathing. It’s effective, possible to do anywhere and always with you. The following is a straightforward mindfulness exercise designed to help you bring your attention to your breathing. Because you’re unable to fully attend to two things at once, the worry thoughts slip away.

When you first practice focusing on your breathing, you should expect that your worries will intrude. You might start the exercise with good intentions and a minute in find yourself lost in rumination. If this is the case, bring yourself back to the exercise and start again. The idea is to train your mind to come back to your breathing, rather than wander. Training your mind takes some time and practice, so don’t give up if it doesn’t seem to work for you initially.

You can do this exercise anywhere.   Focus your attention on your breathing inhale, filling your lungs
exhale. On each exhale count. For example: Inhale, Exhale, “one,” Inhale, exhale, “two” inhale, exhale “three” up to ten.   When you reach 10 start over at 1, if you lose count at any time, start over at 1

Practise a Breathing Exercise to this Video

Savor the Mystery of Life from Len Sroka on Vimeo.

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