Benefits of Mindfulness

by Wendy Humphris, ROHP

Mindfulness is something you may have seen in the devotional section of bookstores, as part of a yoga DVD, or in various health and wellbeing stores. You may already know that there are different aspects to mindfulness, including meditation. What you may not know are the benefits of mindfulness in your life. Before you think there is too much involved and not enough reward for that involvement, consider these three benefits of mindfulness in your life.

Reducing Anxiety and Stress
There are several techniques in mindfulness that can help with anxiety and the reduction of stress. Breathing techniques, meditation, and mind mapping are just three of these methods. The key point to remember with each of these methods is that they benefit you by helping you refocus and reduce the triggers in your life. They help you sort out the issues that you would normally stress out over and eventually have anxiety over.  Mindfulness also helps you cope with future issues to avoid immediate reaction and increase your anxiety regarding the situation.
Body Acceptance
Body acceptance is something you may not think of when you think of mindfulness. The truth is, body acceptance can play a great deal into your stress and anxiety and how you view the world around you. Over the course of using meditation and other techniques you may find what is triggering your body related issues, including your weight loss obstacles and unhealthy options that you are moving towards during triggered issues that cause stress. Once you begin working with mindfulness techniques you will start to see a better appreciation for yourself, your body journey, and where you are in the moment.
Life Acceptance
Sometimes we just aren't happy with our lives. We aren't happy with different aspects that we feel we can't change and must simply deal with. This can lead to depression and other issues including body issues. Mindfulness can help you find gratitude for various things in your life, find issues and people in your life that are toxic, and find ways to keep what works and get rid of what doesn't with grace and acceptance. This can lead us to life acceptance and accepting the events that happen for what they are in that moment.
These benefits are just a starting point for mindfulness in your life. There are other benefits that will start to reveal themselves to you as you become deeper and more involved in the process.

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We eat healthy, we try to take care of ourselves as much as possible. We tend to make sure everyone around us taken care of. But what happens when people just seem to take advantage of our good spirit or worse not appreciate us? 
 
It can become debilitating. 
 
It can break your spirit, give you low self-esteem, and put you in a position where you may lose friendships or valuable relationships. 
 
Does that sound familiar to you? 

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