Day 2: Notice The Nature Of The Thinking Mind
Welcome to Day 2 of this 10-day series on living your life more fully with less stress and greater ease. Each day will offer very short videos that suggest practices to bring into your day. To live life more fully, we need to awaken to the fact that we are in our heads, lost in thought, much of the time. While thinking is a necessary and essential part of our lives and can be productive, creative, and highly beneficial (such as when we are planning for a project or vacation, trying to solve a problem, remembering information to use in a new situation, etc.), often our inner mental chatter is ruminative in nature, pulling us away from the present moment. Disclaimer: This video is for educational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for mental health intervention or treatment of any kind.
Transcript
Welcome to day two.
So today I really want to invite you to notice the nature of your mind and where it wanders to.
So the invitation here is to,
If you're able to set a little timer to go off every hour,
That's great.
But if not,
Just carry out a little piece of paper or even using your phone.
And whenever you think of it,
To just pause,
Stop and ask yourself.
Where is my mind right now?
Is it in the past?
Is it in the future?
Am I focused on what's actually here in this moment?
And also notice that little voice in your head.
Often that voice can be quite self-critical.
Judgemental.
Harsh.
We often talk to ourselves in ways that we would never talk to anyone else.
So I really invite you today to track What's happening in that thinking mind of yours?
Because the more we can really begin to pay attention and bring mindful awareness to our thoughts,
To our mental activity,
As we go through the day,
There's then an invitation to step out of some of this mental rumination,
Some of this mental looping and gripping.
To be able to step back from that and to drop more into spacious awareness and presence.
And so see what you discovered today.
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