Let’s talk about Mindfulness for your day to day. I know there is a formal definition of mindfulness and many interpretations of what it truly means. But I am going to share my own interpretation from my years of existence and practice. Mindfulness is your sincere response-ability; your ability to respond with sincerity.
If you break that apart, it means you are thoughtful, you are present, and you are taking ownership of your own well-being and the well-being of the whole. Being mindful is putting the full power of your mind in your control. One area you have full control with is the power to choose and the power to change your mind.
“Mindfulness is your sincere response-ability; your ability to respond with sincerity.”
Align with the frequency of Mindfulness
To respond with sincerity requires one to have some level of self-mastery, which is not learned over night. Self-mastery is the journey, to which mindfulness is an ingredient that adds value to the whole. Mindfulness is a lifestyle. You align with the frequency of what mindfulness represents and radiate that out into the world in your day to day interactions.
It first requires your desire to be mindful. For you to “choose” to be mindful. To be sincere with your thoughts, words, and actions toward yourself and others.
Like yoga or martial arts, there is a physical/intentional “on the mat” practice for mindfulness. But the real work is in your daily interactions, which is your life experience.
Like yoga or martial arts, there is a physical/intentional “on the mat” practice for mindfulness.
You see, you are a communication device with the intelligence to control what you receive and what you give. And you are always communicating and interacting with something or someone, even if only with yourself. You practice your mindfulness on the mat so that you can re-mind yourself to embody it in all your interactions and communication experiences.
How do you do this? With Desire, Intention, and Action interwoven with Observing, Witnessing, and Contemplating. But first, let’s start with the five practical contemplation ideas and practices for the workplace.
Self-mastery is the journey, to which mindfulness is an ingredient that adds value to the whole.
Five Mindfulness Contemplation Ideas and Practices
I have identified five ideas to contemplate and bring into practice regularly. I say contemplate because mindfulness is not really something that I can give you. It can only be aligned with from within.
I can show you where to look, but you choose to interact. As you read this, take notes on what the ideas and practices mean for you. Jot down how you might engage with and take the practice forward in your day to day.
You may come up with an idea or practice that works better for you. You are in total control with what you allow and receive in your space, I am just the conduit bringing the information through.
I can show you where to look, but you choose to interact.
1. Identify your Mindfulness reset zone
Your reset zone is a mindfulness place, space, or energy where you can go to clear out the chaos. Where you can come to your center and your purpose. This allows for openness and receptivity in the present moment. Having it identified and ready to apply at any time is great for those busy days and when things get hectic.
- Identify your specific reset zone activity and space/place.
- Set reminders (re-mind-ers) for your reset zone activity.
- Re-Mind yourself to slow down, relax, and take a rest.
2. Start with gratitude, presence, and consideration
I know this may sound silly but live today as if it were today. Live in this moment as if it were this moment. In doing this you honor the holiness of now and of self and others. It is easy to get entangled with what was, what you could or should have done, or what might be in the future. But when you do that, you miss the now.
- Find just one thing you are truly grateful for each day.
- Be present to experience everything and present with everything you are choosing to experience.
- Be considerate of your emotions and mental space. Take a time-in if necessary.
- Be considerate of time. Allow time and space to prepare for and integrate your engagements.
3. Bring it back to Vision/Mission/Purpose/Goal
Bringing it back to vision allows you to align with your goal’s frequency. It allows you to move with mindfulness in your goal’s direction. When you know the goal, you prepare the environments (inner and outer) in a manner that is the most nourishing to meet that goal. This provides for the greatest health for all involved.
- Align with/Remember the goal for every engagement
- Keep asking why. Why are you doing this. What is your why.
- Have awareness with the goal, but be present with and walk the path.
4. Master your communication skills
We communicate on many levels; Physically, mentally, emotionally, energetically, and vocally. And we are always communicating. Mastering this skill gives so much. It provides you the ability to offer your gifts and skills, to add value, and to be helpful.
- Be honest and gain awareness with your emotions, feelings, and thoughts.
- Practice being impeccable with your thoughts, words, and actions.
- Be mindful with your words, the specific language you use.
- Listen with the intent to understand.
5. Be open and flexible
When you are open and flexible, you can bend, flow, and move in any direction. There are no restrictions, there is no resistance, and your agility is contagious. It gives others permission to align with the same. Here you are learning and teaching love, the open expression of the energy of the universe, the thread that weaves us all together.
- Be open to change(s), new ideas, and different viewpoints.
- Let go of expectations, those you have of self and others
- Identify where you take things personally or are stuck in an old program, pattern, or belief system.
And those are the five mindfulness contemplation ideas and practices for mindfulness in your day to day. To recap, the 5 practices are
- Identify your reset zone
- Start with gratitude, presence, and consideration
- Bring it back to Vision/Mission/Purpose/Goal
- Master your communication skills
- Be open and flexible
Reverend Katherine Ganev Soto, The Urban Spirit Guide is an Intuitive Sensitive Empath. She has been providing Spiritual Guidance and teachings since 2007.
She is here to learn and teach love, to heal and master thyself. And to help other Intuitive Sensitive Empaths (aka Divine Super Souls) heal and master themselves.
She is the creator of the “Turn Yourself In! Self-Mastery for Intuitive Sensitive Empaths” podcast and program..
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