{"id":17238,"date":"2021-07-12T09:13:20","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T13:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/?p=17238"},"modified":"2021-07-12T09:13:35","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T13:13:35","slug":"mental-health-monday-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/blogs\/2021\/07\/mental-health-monday-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Health Monday: Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"738\" height=\"725\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17239\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2021\/07\/july-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2021\/07\/july-12.jpg 738w, https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2021\/07\/july-12-695x683.jpg 695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we practice mindfulness, we\u2019re practicing the art of creating space for ourselves\u2014space to think, space to breathe, space between ourselves and our reactions.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You don\u2019t need to buy anything. You can practice anywhere, there\u2019s no need to go out and buy a special cushion or bench\u2014all you need is to devote a little time and space to accessing your mindfulness skills every day.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> There\u2019s no way to quiet your mind. That\u2019s not the goal here. There\u2019s no bliss state or otherworldly communion. All you\u2019re trying to do is pay attention to the present moment, without judgment.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Your mind will wander. As you practice paying attention to what\u2019s going on in your body and mind at the present moment, you\u2019ll find that many thoughts arise. Your mind might drift to something that happened yesterday, meander to your to-do list\u2014your mind will try to be anywhere but where you are. But the wandering mind isn\u2019t something to fear, it\u2019s part of human nature and it provides the magic moment for the essential piece of mindfulness practice\u2014the piece that researchers believe leads to healthier, more agile brains: the moment when you recognize that your mind has wandered.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The second part of the puzzle is the \u201cwithout judgment\u201d part. We\u2019re all guilty of listening to the critic in our heads a little more than we should. (That critic has saved us from disaster quite a few times.) But, when we practice investigating our judgments and diffusing them, we can learn to choose how we look at things and react to them. When you practice mindfulness, try not to judge yourself for whatever thoughts pop up. Notice judgments arise, make a mental note of them and let them pass.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It\u2019s all about returning your attention again and again to the present moment. It seems like our minds are wired to get carried away in thought. That\u2019s why mindfulness is the practice of returning, again and again, to the breath. We use the sensation of the breath as an anchor to the present moment. And every time we return to the breath, we reinforce our ability to do it again. Call it a bicep curl for your brain.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YlQLs17NfJE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#mindfulmonday #mentalhealthmatters<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When we practice mindfulness, we\u2019re practicing the art of creating space for ourselves\u2014space to think, space to breathe, space between ourselves and our reactions. You don\u2019t need to buy anything. You can practice anywhere, there\u2019s no need to go out and buy a special cushion or bench\u2014all you need is to devote a little time","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":17241,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-15 06:51:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/classicrock981.com\/blogs\/2021\/07\/mental-health-monday-space\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17238"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17240,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17238\/revisions\/17240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}