What is Mindfulness?

In yesterday’s article, we touched on mindfulness as a potent character in mentally healthy and stable folks, and I figured we should delve into what mindfulness is.

We often hear the sayings, Be mindful, or Practice mindfulness, but what does it mean to be conscious?

What does it mean to you to practice mindfulness or be mindful?

Personally, I associate mindfulness with meditation and yoga, but I have barely defined the term for myself to begin with.

Mindfulness is living in the moment: A deliberate lifestyle where all choices focus on achieving a specific goal.

Mindfulness is letting go of the past without hard or angry feelings toward any unpleasant encounters faced.

The aim of being mindful is to establish a mind, body, and soul coherence to work in the present to draw in our holistic desired future and shape our reality.

Practicing mindfulness is enjoying and savoring every minute of the present circumstance with an optimistic expectation of a bigger and better future.

Mindfulness is one of the most challenging mental states for a human, seeing that we are hoarders of past experiences: we love comparing moments lived.

Being mindful involves accepting that every past encounter, whether hurtful or joyous, happened for you to bring you to that present position.

It’s dismantling feelings of self-victimization and crafting a frame of reference that works in your favor.

How we frame our experiences implicates our level and ability to practice mindfulness.

Pop culture advocates for mindfulness through practices like meditation and yoga, and it has aided in popularizing and normalizing the implementation of the phenomenon.

To live in the moment calls for deliberate practice and decisiveness, with allowance for changes and accommodation of patience and kindness in oneself.

Highly mindful people exhibit high confidence, self-esteem, self-trust, eagerness for self-discovery and growth, and self-awareness.

They appreciate failures and mistakes as part of success rather than perceiving them as hindrances.

Mindfulness is understanding that every moment counts and taking action to transform your reality into your desired future.

Exercising mindfulness is believing you deserve the best, never settling for less, and calmly acknowledging your thoughts, feelings, and limiting beliefs.

It is having insights into what tears you apart from the rest, where your power lies, and leveraging that to build a legacy.