Mindful Goals

I thought I would touch on this subject being the beginning of a new year. The tendency for many people is to map out their goals, dreams and wishes and these are usually, but not limited to areas like: Exercising more; Eating healthier options; Giving up cigarettes/alcohol/sugar etc

However, have you considered your mindful goals?

Mindful goals are extremely important, because they support you in your daily life. They can be the foundation for all those other goals as listed above. In fact, mindful goals can set you free of being on that never-ending cycle of making a goal, starting off with a bang and heaps of enthusiasm, and then slowly lagging in momentum, only to find that you have fallen by the wayside, and thoroughly disheartened and let down.

So, let’s talk about mindful goals.

Create at least 5 minutes of your day to being absolutely present. By this, I mean to carve out 5 minutes with your focus being entirely on you! Keep your mobile phone away, television and radio off and minimalise any distractions that will keep you away from focusing on yourself. It’s only 5 minutes!!

• You may like to sit in your favourite armchair, or perhaps sit in your backyard or in a quiet spot at work. The location doesn’t matter, it is the intent of stillness that does.
• If bringing your awareness to the gentle flow of your breath isn’t comfortable, then do a body scan. In your mind, scan how every part of your body feels. As you sit here for 5 minutes and work your way down from your head, slowly bringing your focus to each body area, you are totally immersed in the present moment. There is no need for judgement when you feel something or have an emotion – it is just the process of being aware.
• Just by scanning your body and focusing on each body area, you are being mindful and aware of just yourself in this moment! Congratulations!
• This practice can be an easy way to build into your daily life.
• Have you ever heard of the saying, “You can’t pour from an empty cup”? Well this practice will surely energise you when done on a regular basis. All those other goals that you set yourself are more likely to eventuate because you are “filling your own cup” and therefore have more to give those other goals. This also has a flow on effect that can help you in your general daily life.

Other ways to incorporate Mindful Goals into your life could be:

• Positive Affirmations – Remind yourself of positive affirmations throughout your day. Examples: ‘I believe and trust in myself’, ‘I accept myself just as I am’
• Positive Words – Make a list of positive words and allocate a time to read through your list. The more you read through this list, the more you may take these attributes on in your daily life. Examples: ‘Happy’, ‘Love’, ‘Success’
• Creative visualisation – Do you have a happy place? It might be at the beach, park, mountains, relaxing in a rowboat on a still lake. Take 5 minutes of your day to ‘spend time’ in your happy place. This is a wonderful meditative exercise which is relaxing and has positive effects. You may start by visualising the place, then feel the sun/water/wind etc in that place. You may then visualise yourself exploring this area, or seeing the colours that surround you. There are limitless possibilities!
• Guided meditations – Short guided meditations, where you listen and visualise where the guide will take you. This is a good way to just be guided into relaxation.

What Mindful Goals are you going to incorporate into your life?

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