Today is the second day of what I’m calling “Breathing exercises” week as part of my 30 Day Mindfulness Challenge. After a week of meditations, I’m hoping to see if just doing breathing exercises each day can help as well. Each day I’m going to try a different breathing exercise…as there are so many different […]
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So after doing 7 days of meditating for my 30 Day Mindfulness Challenge, I now want to spend the next week doing something else mindful. I did continue to meditate today though, using Headspace. It was my first one that was 15 minutes, and it felt long! In fact, there was one portion where it […]
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I can’t believe it’s been an entire week now since I started my 30 Day Mindfulness Challenge. That means I’ve now meditated using Headspace for 7 days in a row! What did I think? Well, today even though I still had a hard time being mindful, I did feel a little more relaxed by the […]
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I have now done the Headspace guided meditations for 6 days in a row as part of my 30 Day Mindfulness Challenge. I’ve never even done two days in a row…although not because I didn’t want to. For years I’ve been hearing and reading about how being mindful, and specifically meditating can really help you […]
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I’ve been meditating for 5 days in a row now, as part of the 30 Day Mindfulness Challenge. Each week I’m trying a new way to be mindful, and this week has been all about meditation. I’ve been using Headspace to do guided meditation, and I’m happy to say that today was a little bit […]
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Today was the 4th day of my 30 Day Mindfulness Challenge. It’s been the hardest day so far, as I woke up after getting only a few hours of sleep due to a cold. This afternoon I was feeling much better, but still put off doing the meditation. I finally did it just a few […]
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Not being able to breathe easily really sucks. And what’s the worst thing you can do when you have a stuffy nose? Ironically, it’s blow your nose! Seriously. That makes it worse. The more you blow your nose, the worse it will get. Isn’t that crazy? I’ve been doing some research today on how to […]
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I just finished the 3rd day of the 30 Day Mindfulness Challenge that I’ve decided to do. This week I’m focusing on meditation, which is the first thing most people think of when they think of mindfulness. This is the 3rd day in a row I’ve used Headspace, a guided meditation app. Today was not […]
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This is the 2nd day of the 30 Day Mindfulness Challenge that I’ve decided to do. I hope you join me. You can join in at any time. Each week I’m choosing a new way to be mindful. This week is all about meditation. Because I’ve had a hard time with it, I decided to […]
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In my last post (from earlier today) I talked about how I want to do a 30 Day Mindfulness Challenge, and how I really think it will be helpful to get rid of some stress. I hope you’re going to join me! For each of the 4 weeks, I’m going to pick one method of […]
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