"Where is your mind?
Most of us point to our head.
The word mindfulness can suggest cognition—something to do with thinking and the brain.
But mindfulness means bringing awareness to our whole experience, not just from the neck up.
By acknowledging our bodies in meditation, we synchronize mind and body and experience ourselves as an integrated whole.
When we experience an emotion, we notice how it feels in different parts of our body.
That helps when it comes to acting on our feelings.
Dismissing our feelings leads us to live out of step with our hearts, and by increasing our body awareness, we have a chance to redress this imbalance."
-Ed Halliwell
excerpt from post "How Mindfulness Helps You Find Your Way Through Difficulty"
http://www.mindful.org/how-mindfulness-helps-you-find-your-way-through-difficulty/Wishing you many moments of mindful awareness today
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