As your attentional focus narrows, self-consciousness evaporates. You feel as if your awareness merges with the action you're performing. You feel a sense of personal mastery over the situation, and the activity is so intrinsically rewarding that although the task is difficult, action feels effortless.

How does being in the moment make you less aggressive? Mindfulness decreases ego involvement. So people are less likely to link their self-esteem to events and more likely to take things at face value. Mindfulness also makes people feel more connected to other people - that empathic feeling of being "at one with the universe."

As Mark Twain said, "I have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened." The hallmark of depression and anxiety is catastrophizing—worrying about something that hasn't happened yet and might not happen at all. Worry, by its very nature, means thinking about the future - and if you hoist yourself into awareness of the present moment, worrying melts away.

Mindfulness is at the root of Buddhism, Taoism, and many Native-American traditions, not to mention yoga. It's why Thoreau went to Walden Pond; it's what Emerson and Whitman wrote about in their essays and poems.

In order to feel more in control of our minds and our lives, to find the sense of balance that eludes us, we need to step out of this current, to pause.

Being in a higher vibration is going to become more and more important to you and the rest of the world as we experience greater awareness of the polarities between the lower and higher vibrations. We will begin to perceive greater separation between the "dark" and the "light" almost as if we live in two worlds at once. We will need to consciously choose between the dark and the light or the higher and the lower vibrations.

The higher the frequency of your energy or vibration, the lighter you feel in your physical, emotional, and mental bodies. In this week’s podcasts, I’ll help you to experience greater personal power, clarity, peace, love, and joy.

Originally an ancient Buddhist meditation technique, in recent years mindfulness has evolved into a range of secular therapies and courses, most of them focused on being aware of the present moment and simply noticing feelings and thoughts as they come and go. Book your seat in one of YSG workshops and sharing sessions as she travels the world to spread the word of living mindfulness with style.

With tech overload, financial stress, news headlines, relationship issues, and work deadlines topping the list, we are tripping our amygdala’s fight or flight response 365 days a year.And it's making us look and feel old. Being locked in stress mode floods our bodies with a host of nasty age accelerating biochemicals, while wreaking havoc on our once mirror friendly appearance.

It’s official: getting active between the sheets can help keep you youthful. Sex enhances emotional intimacy, relaxes us, decreases stress, and makes us feel great!