In order to be ready to fully engage with others, it is important to properly understand who you are, how you feel and what is going on with you. Without this knowledge, how would you be able to bring the whole of yourself to the table when you make a connection with your partner? Most of us have a runaway brain most of the time. All kinds of thoughts are bombarding your consciousness every minute. That makes it particularly hard to focus on the moment, especially when your brain is telling you that there is no time to do so. In order to find yourself, the first step to calming your mind is to actually ALLOW yourself to be inactive for a moment. Once you have found that way to leave well enough alone, your thoughts will still be bouncing here and there, maybe not so much focused on things you need to do, but rather thoughts that invade your mind from the inside out. Try to breathe and focus totally on the way your chest is moving and how the air passes your nostrils or lips. And here we go: you are engaged in a mindfulness exercise already! It’s really about focusing on the moment and yourself and being very conscious about what you do and what is happening within and around you. In fact, this can be done anywhere, at any time: I personally often do this when travelling in a bus or train. Rather than worry about delays or the stuff that I should rather be doing I am embracing the time that I have and listen to the sounds around me, feel the movements of the train or bus, and end up just being me for a moment. give yourself the gift of just being
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