Support Your Practice With Guided Meditations
Mindfulness can be practiced formally through meditation and informally by bringing awareness to activities during the day.
People who’ve learned mindfulness skills say they cope with stress better, get better sleep, have more energy and enthusiasm for life, and experience less pain. Studies looking into the impact of learning mindfulness have shown small but significant improvements on a wide variety of medical conditions. In short, life just ends up being richer when we show up for the moments of our lives.
Formal Mindfulness Practices
Set aside some time to bring awareness to your breath, sound, or sense of touch. These serve as an anchor to the present moment. By bringing the attention to your anchor, the mind’s ability to focus is being strengthened. Set a timer and focus on one of the three chosen anchors. When the time is over, congratulate or celebrate yourself for taking the time to mediate.
Informal Mindfulness Practices
By bringing awareness to the activity, we become present in that moment of our life. Consider picking something like washing your hands or brushing your teeth to bring awareness to. These short videos maybe helpful for informal mindfulness practices:
Guided Meditation Videos
These guided meditations can be used any time.
Frequently Asked Questions
We understand that mindfulness may be new to you. Let us help answer some questions that we hear often.
Can you move and meditate?
How much time does it take to practice mindfulness?
The informal practice of mindfulness takes no extra time. You simply do the things you’re doing with more awareness.
The formal practice can take as much or as little time as you like. Some research suggests even a few minutes of meditation a day can have a positive impact on the brain and result in other benefits. Doing it often tends to lead to better results over time.
Is there a difference between mindfulness and meditation?
Think about mindfulness as something you can practice in a formal or an informal way. The informal practice is basically being present in our day-to-day life with whatever we’re doing. Examples of this include tasting the food we eat, seeing the sights around us, listening to what others are saying, feeling the warm water on our skin when we shower, etc.
The formal practice of mindfulness is meditation. It’s a way to reduce distractions, quiet ourselves and unplug from the doing part of life so that we can more deeply focus on just being fully present.
Learn more about how to meditate here.