Happiness in Motion
Focus: Mindfulness
In addition to our movement, we will now learn and practice, MINDFULNESS.
Mindfulness is a mental state achieved by focusing one’s awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one’s feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations.
Mindfulness can: help relieve stress, treat heart disease, lower blood pressure, reduce chronic pain, improve sleep, and alleviate gastrointestinal difficulties. Mindfulness improves mental health which results in greater happiness.
Week 2:
Challenge 1: Listen to (1) Mindfulness Meditation daily. Plan on listening to them in a quiet place.
Listen to the meditations in order. You will be given instructions, followed by a meditation.
Challenge 2: Continue Movement – 15 minutes minimum daily (in addition to listening to your mindfulness meditations daily).
Challenge 3: Journal.
Pay attention to how you are feeling during your movement and meditation. Capture your thoughts by answering the journaling prompts provided on the daily success checklist.
Putting it all together – This week’s Happiness Challenges:
- Print out your “Daily Success List” and place it in a visible place.
- Movement – Daily.
- Mindfulness Meditation – Daily.
- Celebrate your completion of Mindfulness/Movement – Daily.
- Journal – Daily.
We are creating new happiness HABITS. Please follow these exact steps as you complete your daily goals:
- Reminder – How will you remember to do your movement and challenges? Post-it note, alarm on your phone, how can you create accountability for this?
- Routine – This is your new behavior. Be specific. Keep it as simple and convenient as possible. It is best to try and plan it for the same time each day if possible.
- Reward – Celebrate!! You absolutely MUST celebrate yourself each time you complete your new behavior. This tells your brain that what you are doing is good and should be repeated.
IMPORTANT REMINDER:
Be patient with yourself.