The routine in life can be and feel so overwhelming and the chance that will make you stress bigger.
A lot of things we always think and make us worried especially the future. So a thing called "mindfulness" comes as a simple treatment you can use.
This mindfulness itself is actually a classic practice of mediation from the far east.
However, this method has been practiced by many people in this modern era due to benefits it gives.
So what's exactly mindfulness?, the goal and more that can affect the mental health.
This practice can improve your awareness about how precious your moment is at this time, rather than stuck with the past.
It's as simple as drinking a glass of coffee, and you actually feel the taste, the warm you experience in your mouth, even the good smell. This the sensation you need to feel with the mindfulness.
You need to leave your work behind and focus what you're doing at the moment.
Mindfulness in psychological term can be defined as your acceptance fully about the external and internal experience.
It's not just feeling calm and relaxed, but the full acceptance so you will fight nothing with it.
Hence such technique gain enough popularity overtime.
The benefits of mindfulness for mind and body have been proven as well.
From reducing the stress where you can face the stress trigger with calm and not over react. Thus the cortisol can be lowered down.
Mindfulness can also present to help the brain focus on doing something.
Yes you can train yourself to improve the memory and focus ability.
Another best benefits is how you can control the emotion. It doesn't mean suppress the emotion totally, but you take control the emotion and not the opposite.
Even when you are angry, you can still act sensible and not follow the spontaneous reaction.
Through mindfulness it can help clear your mind first before going to sleep. The technique you do with meditation is reported can help fix the mild insomnia. Thus improve the sleep quality with it.
Modern therapy also include such method as integral part of it.
As expected when you can really see that mindfulness improve the acceptance about yourself, the good and the bad.
Not just for yourself, being mindfulness can also improve your "connection" with others.
Yes you become more emphatic and more patient where it also makes other accept you better.
The mindfulness can be practiced of course, and you don't need extended meditation for that. As long as you keep the consistency.
The general way to practice is sit comfortably then close your eyes and focus for the breathing, and be aware for the inhale and exhale.
When you are out of focus, then go back immediately to fix it.
Next is when you're walking where each step can also feel more meaningful.
Yes no need to walk fast and actually enjoy the routine like walking.
The same thing to apply when you're eating where you must lose any disruption from TV or smartphone as example, and feel the sensation and texture of foods you eat.
