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“The mindfulness teacher Larry Rosenberg suggests five easy steps for practising mindfulness throughout the day. When possible do just one thing at a time. Pay full attention to what you are doing. When the mind wanders from what you are doing, bring it back. Repeat Step 3 several billion times. Investigate your distractions.”
― Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan
― Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan
“If your attention is always in the future or always in the past, right now you’re simply not here. Right now, you’re not fully alive. When you’re mindful, your attention stays in the present moment. Right here, right now.”
― Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan
― Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan
“At such times, after the breathing space you can stay paused before re-engaging with your usual tasks and ask yourself: ‘What do I most need right now? How can I best take care of myself?”
― Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan
― Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan
“Mindfulness Involves Paying Attention in the Present Moment”
― Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan
― Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan
“People who meditate have fewer hospital admissions for heart disease, cancer and infectious diseases, and visit their doctor half as often as people who don’t meditate.”
― Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan
― Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan
“it is not your experience itself that makes you unhappy – it is your relationship to that experience.”
― Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan
― Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan
“people who are more mindful are less likely to experience psychological distress, including depression and anxiety.”
― Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan
― Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan
“the awareness that arises from paying attention on purpose, in the present moment and non-judgementally.”
― Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan
― Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan
“But things really only ever are as they actually are.”
― Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan
― Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan
“mindfulness confers significant benefits on health, well-being and quality of life in general:”
― Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan
― Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan
“Reading Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression –”
― Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan
― Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan
“in meditation, thoughts are perceived for what they are – simply thoughts – their power to confuse and distort reality is diminished, leading to a sense of liberation and freedom.”
― Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan
― Mindfulness: Weeks 7-8 of Your 8-Week Plan




