Pause for 3 Mindful Breaths
image by M. Lee Freedman
As mentioned in yesterday’s mindfulness practice daily reminder, please note that as I will be out of the country for most of April with limited access to email, April 1 will mark the beginning of a pause in the sending out of these reminders until the beginning of May.
As promised in yesterday’s reminder, I am listing below some suggestions and resources to help you continue to return to your intention to practice mindfulness in daily life as well as formal mindfulness practice such as sitting meditation, mindful movement practices, etc.
- CULTIVATING MINDFULNESS: Beginning or Deepening a Personal Meditation Practice http://static.oprah.com/download/pdfs/presents/2007/spa/spa_meditate_cultivate.pdf
- Suggestions for Daily Practice http://static.oprah.com/download/pdfs/presents/2007/spa/spa_meditate_daily.pdf
- mpdrarchives.blogspot.ca: archived collection of each daily reminder since July 2014: The MPDRs from the last several days each include links to articles that list various suggestions for practicing everyday mindfulness
- If you have a friend, relative or workmate who is also practicing mindfulness, you can ask them if they would like to be your mindfulness buddy. You can choose times to meditate together. Perhaps, when you or your buddy remember to pause and take 1 or more mindful breaths, you might text the other to remind them to do the same.
- Every time you see a stop sign, it can signal you to S.T.O.P: Stop…Take a breath…Observe thoughts, body sensations, emotions and sensory experiences …… Proceed
- Practice mindful awareness of breathing or a three minute breathing space just before an activity you already do routinely such as opening a door, brushing your teeth, answering a phone or checking email.
Mindfulness Apps
- Calm.com
- Headspace
- Sitting Still
- Stop, Breathe and Think
- Mindshift
Links to free guided meditations:
- http://marc.ucla.edu/body.cfm?id=22
- http://franticworld.com/free-meditations-from-mindfulness/
- http://elishagoldstein.com/videos/mindful-check-in/
Links to 3 Minute Breathing Spaces
- http://www.guilford.com/add/segal2/track8.mp3
- http://tinyurl.com/czrxq5v
- http://www.themindfulnessclinic.ca/wp-content/uploads/Three-Minute-Breathing-Space-Sarah-Housser.mp3
Wishing you a wonderful evening and a mindful month of April
Lee
M. Lee Freedman, MD,CM, FRCP(C)
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