About anything and everything: "What the hell is that lady wearing?" "Yuck, this food is gross!" "I should not be the one handling this!" Any time you catch yourself playing Judge Judy, notice it, label it as a judgment, and resist the temptation to judge yourself for being judgmental. Try spending a few days noticing all the judgments you make throughout the day. The way to do it less - the way to not let judging interfere with your ability to be mindful - is to increase your awareness of when you are judging. Whether you are judging your experience as good, bad or ugly, it's an obstacle to being fully present in the moment. Judgment is one of the most common ways that keeps you from being mindful. Steering clear of these is key to practicing mindfulness. Be on the lookout for them in your own life. Modern life is chock-full of habits of the mind that get in the way of mindfulness. Attend to one thing at a time - acknowledge, observe and accept each sensation, experience, thought and feeling as it arises -from moment to moment. Notice all that is happening within your mind and body and in the world around you right now. Being mindful means summoning awareness and attention and deploying them inwardly and outwardly, with intention and compassion and without analysis or judgment. But in a nutshell, that's really all you need to know. Well, of course there's more (see the multitude of books and blogs already devoted to this subject). So here's the two-word guide on how to practice mindfulness: pay attention. Also like any other skill, the more you practice it, the better you will get at it. Mindfulness is a skill like any other, so it can be learned. Anyone can do it, even those whose usual M.O. We can switch off the autopilot and take the wheel ourselves.
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