Mindful Monday

This practice accompanies Mindful Monday Podcast on Mastering Stress No 7.  Mindful movement shows you a way of coming into the here and now, by focusing in on the range of feelings and sensations in your body, through mindful movement. It allows you to explore with curiosity and without judgement all the sensations that arise moment-to-moment and may enable you to connect with any stress responses present in your body. Remember throughout to coordinate breath and movement and to let this practice be a time of mindful care for you. It’s important that you only move in a way that works for your body. 

Anthony De Mello says, “When you serve people, you help, support, comfort, and alleviate pain. When you see them in their inner beauty and goodness, you transform and create”. Being present, conscious and intentional in your thoughts and actions with others is important. It’s also important that you are kind, caring and compassionate to yourself. 

This meditation helps us to establish contact with the body, is effective for developing both concentration and flexibility of attention. It’s like taking an internal shower; it helps to remove some of the inner blockages to the body, and helps both the mind and body feel more at ease. Meeting each body part with loving-kindness is a way to reconnect, and make friends, with your body.  This meditation can be done lying down or sitting, but is best lying down.

We all experience emotions such as joy, happiness, excitement, anger and anxiety. These are an inevitable part of life. They do serve a purpose – although this might not be too clear. It’s only natural that you might fear that something will happen to you. But letting emotions take over and helping the mind find the worst-case scenarios it can imagine – is not a healthy option for your mental health and wellbeing. Rather, can you take the opportunity to build and strengthen your mindful skills – take a deep breath, recognise what is happening, investigate it and move forward?

The intention is to help you identify your feelings to give some space around them. When you name or label difficult emotions or feelings, the brain becomes less active and less likely to trigger a stress reaction in the body. Rather than reacting, by pausing and giving space, helps you respond differently. This mediation can be done anywhere or anytime. It can be done lying down or sitting. 

Today’s Mindful Monday Podcast’s focus is on Being Mindful and its Guide No 7. The spotlight on today’s podcast and accompanying meditation is Nature. Research indicates that nature is really good for us, so today we offer some interesting ways to experience nature in your daily life.

In 2019, our Learning & Development (L&D) team proactively sought internal consultation with employees to gain insight into their challenge to find balance across professional delivery, wellbeing and growth. Out of those consultations grew Mindfulness @ Work (M@W).

Mindful Monday is a series of meditation sessions from M@W.

In 2019, our Learning & Development (L&D) team proactively sought internal consultation with employees to gain insight into their challenge to find balance across professional delivery, wellbeing and growth. Out of those consultations grew Mindfulness @ Work (M@W).

Mindful Monday is a series of meditation sessions from M@W.

In 2019, our Learning & Development (L&D) team proactively sought internal consultation with employees to gain insight into their challenge to find balance across professional delivery, wellbeing and growth. Out of those consultations grew Mindfulness @ Work (M@W).

Mindful Monday is a series of meditation sessions from M@W.

In 2019, our Learning & Development (L&D) team proactively sought internal consultation with employees to gain insight into their challenge to find balance across professional delivery, wellbeing and growth. Out of those consultations grew Mindfulness @ Work (M@W).

Mindful Monday is a series of meditation sessions from M@W.