Mindfulness is the simple yet difficult practice of keeping the mind where the body and breath are.
Mind, body, breath, emotions — all of our pieces are like individual threads, none of them very strong on their own. Mindfulness weaves them together to achieve a state of strong, calm focus without frantic reaching or grasping for things outside ourselves or beyond our circumstance.
Mindfulness doesn’t make joy its goal; equanimity is probably the highest “achievement” for true, well-established mindfulness practice.
But mindfulness isn’t complacency. Rather, it creates space for contentment by allowing the practitioner to have faith in their ability to learn lessons and gain strength from even the most unpleasant of situations.
Eating disorders can feel like violent wars we make with our own bodies and minds. The idea of replacing these wars with celebration can seem ridiculous! That’s where mindfulness and equanimity come in. Perhaps a more approachable intention would be to make just a little more peace, one mindful breath at a time, one grateful moment at a time.
What do you think? How do you practice mindfulness or other peace-making modalities?
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