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Looking for ways to practice mindfulness? Start by looking at your everyday habits and routines. Taking a look at how you spend your hours and what catches your attention can reveal countless mindfulness moments, whether you're practicing intentionally or by chance.
From Pay attention to beauty Starting your day with intention rather than reaction can do wonders for your day. You may find that checking off the news or the latest updates about work before doing something for yourself in the morning prevents you from getting things done. “Being busy finding yourself all day long.” Perhaps if you keep your surroundings tidy, your mind will feel less cluttered. The important thing is to be aware of the little things in your presence that make you feel like yourself.
We asked YJ editors, friends, and followers on social media to share small ways they promote mindfulness throughout their day so we can adopt their methods. Go ahead—Romanticize your life,
33 Ways to Practice Mindfulness
Watch the sunrise.
2. Find joy in the individual activities of your morning routine.
3. Be mesmerized by the vapors from your coffee or tea.
4. Try freelance writing.
5. Play a song and enjoy it, whether you dance to it or lie in bed with your eyes closed. Have a dance party alone and play on repeat any song that is giving you all kinds of feelings.
Move your body.
7. Drink water.
8. Stop rushing. Give yourself extra time to complete a task or reach a destination without rushing.
9. Stop and make a memory — without taking a photo.
10. Get outside, even if it's just for two minutes.
11. Walk barefoot on the grass when you're outside.
12. Smell the scent.
13. Breathing in everything. Dizziness. Impatience. Euphoria. Confusion. Heartache. Everything.
14. Surround yourself with artwork and meaningful quotes and photographs and other things that remind you of the feelings you want to experience.
15. Unfollow instead of commenting.
16. Light candles. Light lots of candles.
17. While you're waiting for your shower to heat up or the washing machine to fill, listen to the sound of running water. (Bonus points if you're in a position to hear the sound of water in the woods.)
18. Water your plants. Talk to your plants. Sing to your plants.
19. Stand outside the window and daydream while looking at the leaves of the trees (actually looking at them).
20. Drive calmly.
21. Send a silly, sentimental, sweet, or flirty message or meme to the person you love the most.
22. Organize your space.
23. Eat without interruption.
24. Exercise Attentionstart with . one minute,
25. Spend quality time with your pet — without the 'gram.
26. Cry when you need to.
27. Read a paragraph or page from a book that calms, inspires or prompts you to reflect. Pause to consider a concept or absorb a message.
28. Get lost in watching something other than TV. The sound of the washing machine, your pet stretching, the clouds floating in the sky…
29. Eat tacos. (They kind of take over your entire awareness.)
30. Stay on your own skin care routine,
31. Put your phone on “Do Not Disturb” mode – at least while you sleep.
32. Listen Yoga Nidra Recording before going to sleep.
33. Take time to think about ways to fill your day with awareness.
