Body Positioning During Mindfulness Practice

Although mindfulness can be done during daily activities such as walking or doing dishes, it would benefit you to learn formal body positioning in case you want to practice mindfulness more intently. I will be recording audio and video, you can use this blog post to help you learn body positioning before doing these more formal training sessions.

One example of proper body positioning for formal mindfulness training:

Take a few moments to get into a comfortable position. I recommend seated, on the floor, legs folded in a position that is comfortable to you. You can sit on a pillow so that your knees are below your hips. You can also be seated in a chair, have your feet on the ground sitting back. Make sure your back is upright, gently leaning forward, back and neck straight and tall. Your eyes can be closed or slightly open, gazing downward.

Your hands can be in your lap, thumbs touching, when your thumbs start drifting apart, you know you are too relaxed. Bring attention back to your posture. You can also position your hands in any position that is comfortable to you.

From here, take a few moments to consciously let go of everything that is pressing on you: your to-do list, your chores, work or school…just let it all go and fade away from your thoughts.

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