The What and Purpose of Mindfulness

The What and Purpose of Mindfulness

MINDFULNESS is our ability to enhance our awareness of what is going on both inside our body, mind, and around us externally. A constant awareness of our body, emotions, and thoughts will enable us avoid harming ourselves and others, by which we can enhance both ours and others well being. Living mindfully with heightened awareness in everyday life, enhances love, compassion and caring for us, for our fellow beings and nature. By doing so we can transform the world into a better place where everyone and everything can live harmoniously.

MINDFULNESS PRACTICES enhances one's life. A regular practice will transform human beings from "doing" mode to "being" mode. Mindfulness does not involve any religion, or any dogma. It is pure science. Mindfulness which is a western world coined word is called as Meditation in the eastern world.

It is: 

• Simple yet profound!
• Easy yet highly effective!
• Basic yet very strong!

TO BE MINDFUL EVERY MOMENT is not easy and can be done only by regularity and persistence. It is said Rome city is not built in a day. Similarly, mindfulness practices require rigorous practice. This does not mean that they are heavy body building exercises. In fact mindfulness practices involve only 10 to 20% about body and the rest is all about MIND.

MINDFULNESS PRACTICES mainly involve breathing and awareness. Other mindfulness practices relating to the daily activities can be incorporated once an anchoring into breath can be achieved to some degree. All living beings have to breathe. Human beings can regulate their breath and mindfulness practices involve conscious breathing, and becoming aware of these states of conscious breathing. Sometimes there would be states where the breath slows down and may even stop for a while, all naturally without any intervention of the practitioner. In these states the awareness of the practitioner gets heightened, the whole body and mind relaxes, and the practitioner enters into a highly profound peaceful state. In some of these states, the brain releases serotonin that heals the human body and enhances the immunity power of the practitioner.

MINDFULNESS PRACTICES PROVIDE CLARITY ON 4 LEVELS
Mindfulness practices involves on four levels that of body, mind, emotions, and thoughts. 

As one practices mindfulness practices over a period a time - as minimum as 6 weeks - one can achieve better clarity about one's body - what and when to eat, how to eat, how much to eat, how much to exercise, etc. 

A practice of 8 to 10 weeks will reveal the psychological challenges one have and will be able to find a methodology in overcoming those challenges so that the practitioner can be better equipped. 

Over a period of practice of about 16 weeks to 26 weeks one can become more aware of one's emotions and can choose wisely and consciously with which emotions they can hold onto and which emotions they can let go.

A practice of 52 weeks and longer... one can understand upon regular introspection what thoughts are, and what and how much significant they are. A better wisdom and deeper introspection and interiorization will enable the practitioner to understand the reality of thoughts and their transient nature. With a better and wise understanding the practitioner can choose a conscious entanglement towards the thoughts that enter the mind.

NURTURE AND PROTECT YOUR MINDFULNESS PRACTICES

Having said the above, the results will come only to those who have a regularity in practice of their mindfulness practices. One has to nurture one's mind with the right inputs, protect it from all invasions, build resilience and keep practicing even in midst of myriad ups and downs. Remember it is not a destiny, but a journey and most of the times, it is "work in progress." This is where a constant periodical coaching helps and supports one's mindfulness journey.