The Art of Now: Six Steps to Living in the Moment

Take a head break!

clipped from content.clipmarks.com clipped from www.psychologytoday.com "We're living in a world that contributes in a major way to mental fragmentation, disintegration, distraction, decoherence," says Buddhist scholar B. Alan Wallace. We dwell on intrusive memories of the past or fret about what may or may not happen in the future Most of us don't undertake our thoughts in awareness. Rather, our thoughts control us "Ordinary thoughts course through our mind like a deafening waterfall," writes Jon Kabat-Zinn clipped from www.psychologytoday.com You can become mindful at any moment just by paying attention to your immediate experience. Think of yourself as an eternal witness, and just observe the moment clipped from www.psychologytoday.com 1: To improve your performance, stop thinking about it (unselfconsciousness). clipped from www.psychologytoday.com 2: To avoid worrying about the future, focus on the present (savoring). clipped from www.psychologytoday.com 3: If you want a future with your significant other, inhabit the present (breathe). 4: To make the most of time, lose track of it (flow). clipped from www.psychologytoday.com 5: If something is bothering you, move toward it rather than away from it (acceptance). clipped from www.psychologytoday.com 6: Know that you don't know