Your mindfulness cookie.
This delicious mindfulness cookie teaches you to deal better with stress and difficulties.
And it brings calmness and peace.
It also gives you a more clear mind and more headspace.
You can take some time out during the day or the night to be in contact with yourself and to check in for a moment.
So I invite you to close your eyes.
What thoughts are there in your head at this very moment?
Mostly the thoughts are the easiest to detect because we often identify ourselves with our thoughts and we feel connected to them.
Here you just want to observe what your autopilot,
Your brain is telling you without going into it,
Without identifying with it.
Just observe.
What feeling do you have?
What emotion is most active at this moment in time?
Is there a nuance of worry or fear,
Anger,
Sorrow or happiness active?
How would you name what you are feeling now?
What physical signals can you capture currently?
How is your head?
Does it feel heavy and full?
Empty and light?
What about your neck and shoulders?
Is there tension or isn't there?
How does your back feel and your spine?
Observe your entire back and detect if there are any rigid areas.
Is your belly smooth or do you feel it swollen up?
Do your legs feel light or heavy?
Now breathe very consciously into your belly and from your belly outwards.
You make a balloon of your belly when you inhale and you let your belly drop again whilst breathing out.
Do that multiple times.
Maybe you can let your out-breath become just a bit longer than your in-breath.
Now gently continue your exploration for a while.
Go back to your thoughts.
Has anything changed?
Is there more softness?
Or can you have a softer look at a situation that was in your head?
Or have all thoughts just vanished?
What about your feeling?
Is it more calm?
Or maybe you were already calm.
And then check your body again.
How is your head?
Your neck and shoulders?
Your back?
Your abdomen?
Your legs?
Does it all flow more softly and more smoothly?
Or not yet?
Except just what presents itself.
