Mindfulness meditation

Any OT'ers practice mindfulness meditation? I've recently started and it's already a life changer.

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What is mindfulness?

Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us

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While mindfulness is something we all naturally possess, it’s more readily available to us when we practice on a daily basis.

Whenever you bring awareness to what you’re directly experiencing via your senses, or to your state of mind via your thoughts and emotions, you’re being mindful. And there’s growing research showing that when you train your brain to be mindful, you’re actually remodeling the physical structure of your brain.

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I had noticed that I've increasingly lost the ability to be consciously aware of what I'm doing and thinking, and that causes me to be less efficient, less happy, and less in control of my emotions. I also noticed that every so often, I would have these moments of clarity, where everything around me seemed to slow down, and I became a sort of super version of myself. I'd become far more efficient at whatever task I was working on, and my experiences were drastically more vivid and enjoyable than when I was in autopilot mode. That state was usually triggered by some sort of highly emotional experience or a wake up call of some kind. The point of mindfulness meditation is to attempt to train yourself to always be in that state of hyper awareness. It can take years to master, but the better you get at it the more you will begin to enjoy every part of life. The good, the bad, and the monotonous.