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Tag: mindful

  • Meditating or Levitating?

    Conventional wisdom defines meditation as an act of sitting still and focusing on one’s breathing definition. Objective is to stay in the present, focus on a singular aspect and let your mind not wander.

    How about bringing the same focus and being in the present while doing dishes? Or laundry? Or while ironing clothes or brushing your teeth? Maybe you could be absolutely still in your mind while painting or knitting or training with your weight? After all we are talking about the stillness of the mind and not the body.

    So time to turn our routine tasks  into a meditative zone. It can be your calm downtime before the storm of daily life hits you. Or a good break in the midst of the day when feeling overwhelmed with the noise and chaos. After all, all that is needed is that we focus and let the world fade away. I bet each of us has a meditative ritual, known or unknown where we enjoy our solitude while still being driven and focused on the task at hand. If not, I hope you find yours soon 😊

  • A culture of Busyness

    No it’s not a typo, no auto-correct here. I mean busyness – that state where one consciously keeps busy fluttering from one task to another. In short the opposite of stillness. Also not to be confused with the word business though I wonder if busyness & business share a common origin.

    So how does one master this art – practise my friend. Stay occupied all day, every day. At work, at play. Come rain, come shine. Turn into a bee worker, not pausing for a breather. And you would seemingly appear the most important person without whom the world would collapse.

    Or become a mindful zen, a practitioner of slow living. Give your mind, body and soul alternate spurts of intense productivity and ‘do nothing’ breaks. Try it, it is a game changer to being your best version. & yes I mean business here.