How did you use mindfulness today?

[DharmaGirl]

I am practicing mindfulness by being aware of my judgmental descriptive words. Such as "toxic" person, "evil" person, "bad" food, "good" food. It doesn't help to judge, and I would like to do it less.

 

[DharmaGirl]

@gamereign555 are you a gamer? Oops, thread jack. Change to: Do you find video games help or hinder mindfulness?

 

[Ronin]

I didn't break a mirror.

And I wasn't over the top insistent about someone's health, either. Aka slightly grounded. It's not Christmas from hell, just normal-sickness-of-people-Christmas.

 

[Gamereign555]

@gamereign555 are you a gamer? Oops, thread jack. Change to: Do you find video games help or hinder mindfulness?

Ha ha. That made me smile. People used to ask me that here all the time. I don’t do video games anymore. I found it a hindrance.

 

[DharmaGirl]

Yes, I agree. I had to limit my video game time to 2 hours a day, unless I watch a show.

 

[Gamereign555]

Yes, I agree. I had to limit my video game time to 2 hours a day, unless I watch a show.

Perhaps this is because video games are an imaginary world and we get lost there as we involve ourselves. We withdraw to there and avoid. This really, really does not help some of us.

 

[Changing4Best]

I did it today while crocheting. I was noting the colors, how the varigated yarn made patterns in the blanket I am making. I could even hear the hook pulling the yarn through the little stitches I had made last round around the blanket. It is a very soft sound that the hook makes as it pulls the yarn. I also could hear another sound that is in my environment, kind of a sad thing. My neighbor has cancer and she has medical machines of some sort that make a clicking sound. I hear this sound often. I know she needs those machines, so I am not bothered by the sounds. I pray for her sometimes when I hear them clicking. Anyway, I also feel the yarn in my fingers as it slides along into the hook and into the blanket as I crochet. The colors are bright and pretty, which cheers me up too. I feel the weight of the blanket too. It is getting big and it has a bit of heaviness to it now. It is thick too. It will be warm.

 

[Gamereign555]

I did it today while crocheting. I was noting the colors, how the varigated yarn made patterns in t...

Wow! Hearing you describe your experience with mindfulness as you crochet is therapeutic to me… That is amazing really! I kind of swooned for a moment as I sighed... I so need to relax more.

 

[Changing4Best]

Another thing I do is to listen to my clocks. I love clocks, as did my mother. They are very quiet, really, and I have 4 of them. They all tick at a slightly different time during each second, and since I have only 4 rooms in my small apartment, one clock is in each of them, of course.

I love the sound of "silence." Silence is never totally quiet. There is the heater, my clocks, the fridge, the sounds of my home really. When there are no out of the ordinary sounds, other than maybe birds chirping, I am content and feel safe. I know I have always replied upon sound to tell me if there is danger. My hearing is that good, I guess. I have had to change this now, with the newest cars. The electric engines are super quiet, and I can only tell if a car is coming by looking sometimes. I used to be able to always know if one was coming by listening, and so I did not even bother looking. That has all changed now, and I have to constantly remind myself to look, or I forget, when crossing streets!!!

Another thing I do is change my environment that I live in somehow. If things look different, that catches my attention and brings me to the present moment in an instant. So, moving furniture, or the things on my walls, or even just some stuff in my kitchen, keeps me in the present moment automatically, without my even focusing on mindfulness on purpose. I don't know if that qualifies or not, but it does help me a lot to stay focused on the now.

 

[EveHarrington]

Frozen oranges have kept me grounded so I can focus and stay in the moment

 

[Changing4Best]

When walking, I focus on where my shoes meet the pavement. (Or the floor). You can even do this while sitting, but it is more effective while walking for some reason.

 

[Justmehere]

Made cinnamon rolls, mindfully experiencing every smell...