This week I listened to a podcast and Ted Talk that featured Dr. Amishi Jha, a mindfulness expert. Dr. Jha has spend a large part of her career focused on attention and mindfulness. She spends time utilizing her knowledge to aid the US military with mindfulness training.
In the podcast Dr. Jha shared a mindfulness she practiced which came about from an irritation. I wanted to reflect on this idea for our mindfulness this week.
Dr. Jha was in a hotel room, ruminating and worrying about the upcoming podcast she was set to be on. In the hotel the air conditioner kicked on (lucky lady was in California). The sound of the air started irritate her. When she noticed this feel arise she quickly went into mindful mode.
Dr. Jha shared that she could have continued to ruminate and be irritated or she could be mindful. Mindfulness, as we all know by now, is being present and aware of the moment you are in.
At that moment she simply stated to herself, the air is on in my room. She went on to restate this over and over until she no longer heard the air but heard herself. She chose to embrace instead of fight.
Is there something that your child does that irritates you? Instead of yelling and fixating on this behavior try to embrace it and accept it. The more you are able to do this the more mindful you will feel in your life.
Accepting things as they are can help us release and reduce anxiety.
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