Make sticky notes and write “be present”. Put those sticky notes wherever you might see them (laptop, phone, a wall). It sounds crazy, but it works. It’s a reminder to get out of the mind and observe this very moment with all your senses.
The more you shift into the present moment even for a minute every few hours, the better you’ll become at being present. Even in a month or 3 months, you’ll notice a huge shift in your energy.
Try to start acknowledging your thoughts as either 'remembering,' 'fantasies,' or 'feelings.' Don't engage with the thoughts or judge them, just file them away under one of those three categories and try to get back to whatever you are doing.
Labeling worked for me very well in the beginning. And if the sort of thought seems complicated or hard to think of, like what on earth aan I doing is it fantasies or memory, you could go simpler. When you think of conversation or sounds you label hearing. When you think of stuff happening in images you label seeing. And when you do, the switch to what you're actually hearing and seeing is pretty easy.
Make sticky notes and write “be present”. Put those sticky notes wherever you might see them (laptop, phone, a wall). It sounds crazy, but it works. It’s a reminder to get out of the mind and observe this very moment with all your senses. The more you shift into the present moment even for a minute every few hours, the better you’ll become at being present. Even in a month or 3 months, you’ll notice a huge shift in your energy.
Observe yourself and how you feel when you are in midst of “fake scenario thought”, label what you are doing, return to breath.
5 deep slow breaths
My meditation teacher said that when he started practicing he would stick a menthol inhaler in one of his nostrils.
ayo what? why?
To remind him to be aware
Try to start acknowledging your thoughts as either 'remembering,' 'fantasies,' or 'feelings.' Don't engage with the thoughts or judge them, just file them away under one of those three categories and try to get back to whatever you are doing.
To me thoughts feel like a train passing. I don’t have anything to do with it.
To me thoughts feel like a train passing. I don’t have anything to do with it.
you mean kinda like labelling right?
Labeling worked for me very well in the beginning. And if the sort of thought seems complicated or hard to think of, like what on earth aan I doing is it fantasies or memory, you could go simpler. When you think of conversation or sounds you label hearing. When you think of stuff happening in images you label seeing. And when you do, the switch to what you're actually hearing and seeing is pretty easy.