By Jay Dixit — 2016
We live in the age of distraction. Yet one of life’s sharpest paradoxes is that your brightest future hinges on your ability to pay attention to the present.
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Mindfulness is available to us in every moment, not just the special or precious ones. We just have to tune into it throughout the day.
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A focus on the present, dubbed “mindfulness,” can make you happier and healthier. Training to deepen your immersion in the moment works by improving attention
“Mindfulness” means way more than the English word “mind.
There are various developmental theories that go into the tool kit that parents and educators utilize to help mold caring and ethically intact people, including those of Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget and American psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg.
Nudge kids to be their best selves by encouraging them to consume positive, inspiring media and online content.
Effortless mindfulness, the next step in mindfulness training, taps into an awake awareness that is naturally available to us.
Here’s the simplest way to practice mindfulness: stop whatever you’re doing and shift your attention to the physical sensation of a few breaths as they come in and go out of your body. This plants you squarely in the present moment.
While it may be tempting to dismiss what some have called “mindfulness culture,” we should not dismiss mindfulness itself.
We are all mindless much of the time, even though we don’t realize it.
The opportunity of these times is calling us all to remember the power of inner silence-not a silence that condones hate, injustice, or lies, but a silence that speaks loud enough to find solutions that return us to values and virtues.