Strategies for Being Mindful

Mindfulness

Mindfulness is a practice of paying attention, on purpose, in an intentional way, to the present moment without judgement. Being mindful is a way of being that we all have access to and can cultivate through proven techniques that guide us in working with our bodies and minds to be in the present moment. Mindfulness offers strategies and perspective that we can connect with to be more present and less reactive in all our experiences, whether those experiences are wonderful or disheartening. Below is a list of strategies and resources to support you in bringing mindfulness practices into your day.

 

Strategies for being Mindful

What is Mindfulness

  1. Benefits of Mindfulness – Helpguide.org

  2. How Your Thoughts Change your Brain Cells and Genes – TheBestPossibleBrain.com

  3. Being Present with Cancer – Mindful.org

Mindfulness Strategies

  1. 6 Mindfulness Exercises You Can Try Today – Pocketmindfulness.com​

  2. 71 Mindfulness Exercises for Living in the Present Moment – Developgoodhabits.com

Mindful Appreciation & Gratitude

Mindful Appreciation & Gratitude is designed to cultivate awareness of those things in our lives that we appreciate.

  1. Mindful Appreciation in ten fingers – Brilliantlivinghq.com

  2. How to Practice Gratitude – Mindful.org

Mindful Affirmations

Positive affirmations, when practiced deliberately and repeatedly, can reinforce chemical pathways in the brain, making the connection between two neurons stronger, and therefore more likely to conduct the same message again​.

  1. 7 Affirmations for Self-Healing – The Chopra Center

  2. Affirmations for Balance in Life, Mind & Groundedness Meditation: Today, I am Grounded – Jason Stephenson

Mindful Awareness

Mindful Awareness is designed to cultivate a heightened awareness and appreciation of simple daily tasks.

  1. 40 Ways to Bring Mindfulness to Your Days – LeftBrainBuddha.com

  2. Mindfulness for Teachers: Increasing Awareness of Daily Tasks: Six Seconds – The Emotional intelligence Network

Mindful Body Scan

A body scan is a meditative practice in which you focus on each part of every area, often beginning at the toes and moving to the head.

  1. Body Scan Exercise, Jon Kabat-Zinn​ – Be You Fully YouTube

  2. The Body Scan – Elisha Goldstein YouTube

  3. 15-Minute Meditation: Body Scan – Living Better YouTube

Mindful Breathing

Mindful breathing is designed to bring the focus to the movement and flow of your breath.​​

  1. 3-minute Mindful Breathing Meditation (Relieve Stress) – Stop, Breathe & Think YouTube

  2. Mindful Breathing Exercises (Jeffrey Schwartz) – The Table Biola CCT YouTube

  3. 5 Minute Mindful Breathing Exercise – Healthypsych.com

  4. Being Present with Cancer​ – Mindful.org

  5. A 5-Minute Breathing Meditation to Cultivate Mindfulness – Mindful.org

  6. 2 Minute Mindfulness – Simple, Mindful Breathing – The Value Factory YouTube

Mindfulness Cues

Mindfulness Practice 28: Mindfulness Cues – Neil Seligman

Mindful Listening

  1. Mindful Listening – The Guided Meditation Site​

  2. Exercise 3: Mindfulness of Sound – University of York

  3. Guided Mindful Listening – Greg J. Youtube

Mindful Observation

Mindful observation is designed to connect us to the beauty of our natural environment.

1. Mindfulness Exercises – The Guided Meditation Site​

Talking To Someone About Your Thoughts

  1. Therapists in Canada – Psychology Today​

  2. Canadian Cancer Society​

Listed above are sources of information and support you might find useful. These groups are not connected to Save Your Skin Foundation. We are providing the links as useful sources of information but do not monitor content for accuracy and quality.

 

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