Aspects of Mindfulness that may be helpful at varying times:

• Meditation – so many options that there’s a webpage HERE with many YouTube and other links to help with sounds and sights to allow effective meditation!
• Three-part Breathing (NOTE: many experts suggest all breathing through nose and double the amount of time exhaling as you spend inhaling)
• Body Scan explained (do in a few minutes or more; link has 30-minute video)
• Five Senses exercise**
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation
• Green/Yellow/Red Lights of Conversation: article HERE and video HERE
• Mindful eating
  • 8 Steps to Mindful eating HERE
  • A VERY detailed example of one practice HERE

** Frederick Buechner – “Listen to Your Life” shares 5 senses perspective!

Additional resources recommended by friends/family include:

• Netflix – The Mind: Mindfulness – good general intro (Tim D.)
• Dr. Shauna Shapiro: The IAA Model of Mindfulness – good on setting intention (Tim D.) and HERE is her TedX talk  – – “All Deserve Kindness” “Shame. Doesn’t. Work.” “Good morning, {your name}! – with hand to heart – Love You!”
• The Miracle of Mindfulness

APPS for Mindfulness

• Headspace
• Calm
• Balance

New York Times articles on the subject

• HERE shares some good ideas on the subject (the section Managing Anxiety and Stress includes some good tips)
• Especially noteworthy commentary about “the unexpected” and working that into life is mentioned HERE (along with helpful perspective and practices.) While not always easy and/or comfortable, it’s well worth considering! 🙂

“Enlightenment is an accident. But spiritual practice makes you more accident-prone.” ~ Buddhist saying

BACKGROUND

Thanks to LivelyU through Wood County (OH) Council on Aging programming in 2022, many of us enjoyed presentations by Dr. Rebecca Ann Greenwood from BGSU. Some of her reference links – or others found from related sites – are above. Thanks Rebecca!! 🙂