I think of being mindful as super simple. It’s doing and being and feeling yourself in the moment you’re in, instead of the moment that just was, or the moment that will be, well, a moment from now. The hard part is doing it.
When I was struggling through infertility, I took a course at the Deaconess Hospital, called the Mind Body Program for Inferitility. Ali Domar ran this program, and a big part of it was mindfulness. I remember her using the example of how she ate a muffin. She described in detail the breaking a piece off, letting it swirl around her mouth, tasting each distinct flavor that together made up the muffin’s essence. That notion has stuck with me for 20 years, of Ali eating that muffin!
Here’s a good article on mindfulness, something that’s being called a trend this year. It’s no wonder, since our technology is practically implanted in our palms now, and we have to actually be asleep not to partake. I’m guilty as the next guy. But I’m trying to add in the idea of being more mindful, as I tap away on my computer, ipad and iphone. I know, I have a long way to go.
*the gratitude-a-thon 