“Sometimes we need to stop sitting in one place and start to move around… to bring awareness and enjoyment into our bodies.”  Hanh, N. (2008). Mindful Movements: Ten Exercises for Well-being. Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press. Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh believes that mindfulness is enhanced by body awareness and that body awareness strengthens mindfulness. This
Mindful Waiting March 27, 2014 Maria Hunt Exercise In her book and blog about The Happiness Project (http://www.happiness-project.com/), author Gretchen Rubin shares how she puts “meditation” at the end of any task she considers boring or unpleasant. She routinely participates in “Sitting in Traffic meditation,” “Doing Laundry meditation,” or “Listening to a Long Story on
This exercise is intended to deepen your ability to be present in THIS moment by paying attention to your body movements as they unfold. Though you walk, there is no place to arrive. Your focus is on sensory awareness. There is no right or wrong way to mindfully walk in terms of space, direction, or
The following is a 2-minute writing exercise created by one of my heroes: Dr. Laura King at the University of Missouri at Columbia. The students who did this two days in a row experienced greater physical and emotional health up to a month later compared to a group of students who were asked to write