Everyday Mindfulness Technique - Noticing The Breath

Everyday mindfulness techniques are simple tools that help you navigate the moments when your mind becomes clouded and you start feeling overwhelmed in daily life.

Make sure you explore the full range to find the techniques that work best for you.

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This everyday mindfulness technique is one of the most simple and one of the most commonly used in mindfulness and that is noticing the breath.

So when you have a moment when you're feeling overwhelmed or you want to put this into practice,

Take a moment to notice all the features of your breath.

Where in the body do you feel it?

Can you feel the temperature change as you breathe in and out of your nose?

Is it cool when it comes in and warm when it comes out?

Just explore that sensation for a while.

Can you feel or imagine the movement of the breath all the way up and down as you take your breaths?

As I've said,

Can you feel the expansion in your belly?

Just observe and notice the breath.

For two,

Three,

Four,

Five breaths,

Doesn't have to be long.

Remember these everyday mindfulness techniques are there for you to just grab little pockets of peace.

And as always if your mind wanders when you're doing this practice to whatever you're having for dinner or that thing you've got to get finished for work,

Just come back and do a couple more breaths because that's the mental sit up.

That's the art of everyday mindfulness,

Having those moments of awareness that you're distracted and coming back.

I wish you good luck with this one.

It's very simple but very powerful.