Mindfulness isn’t just something to do during meditation. Try integrating even one of these ideas into your daily rhythm.
You’ll be getting the laundry done and rewiring your brain at the same time…
From the March issues of Shambhala Sun.
Wake with the sun
There is no purer light than what we see when we open our eyes first thing in the morning.Sit
Mindfulness without meditation is just a word.Make your bed
The state of your bed is the state of your head. Enfold your day in dignity.Empty the hampers
Do the laundry without resentment or commentary and have an intimate encounter with the very fabric of life.Wash your bowl
Rinse away self-importance and clean up your own mess. If you leave it undone, it will get sticky.Set a timer
If you’re distracted by the weight of what’s undone, set a kitchen timer and, like a monk in a monastery, devote yourself wholeheartedly to the task at hand before the bell rings.Rake the leaves
Rake, weed, or sweep. You’ll never finish for good, but you’ll learn the point of pointlessness.Eat when hungry
Align your inexhaustible desires with the one true appetite.Let the darkness come
Set a curfew on the internet and TV and discover the natural balance between daylight and darkness, work and rest.Sleep when tired
Nothing more to it.
—Karen Maezen Miller
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Thank you for sharing this list. A nice reframe on what could be seen as a few otherwise “mundane” tasks – which I will remember the next time I’m washing a bowl or doing the laundry.
I enjoy your work.
Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT
The Toolbox at http://LisaKiftTherapy.com
neuroplasticity, neuroeconomics, neuropsychology – i study as post-graduate hobby. am excited to find you and will love spending time here, no doubt.
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