Learn to set an internal alarm that alerts you in those moments when your mindfulness is diluted due to the hectic pace of life.
Today we are going to learn how to detect those moments in which our mind is scattered
and we are heading in an unrestrained way into the past or into the future, leaving aside what happens in the present
Haven't you noticed, since you started the course, those moments when you get away from the time? Okay, maybe sometimes you didn't make it
but it's normal considering all the years you've been living on autopilot
Today we are going to be aware of our mental activity and I propose you a fun exercise to start practicing it
to what we call the internal alarm
Throughout today's relaxation you will hear this sound, that will serve you from today on as an internal alarm when your attention deviates too much from the present moment
I want you to continue with me the relaxation as you are used to but that when you hear the alarm I want you to withdraw your attention from the present and go to the past or the future, that is, to think about something that has happened to you or you have done or something that you have to do next or what you want to happen
Simple, isn't it? Here we go
Place yourself in a comfortable position, where you feel relaxed and away from distractions
We are going to close our eyes, letting our gaze rest downward, relaxing the muscles of the face little by little
Releasing tensions, releasing the loads
Concentrate on your breathing, do it gently, letting the air in and letting it out through the nose very slowly
Pay attention to how the air passes inside you
filling your abdomen, as it gently exits through your nose thinking of you a feeling of full relaxation
Now let go those thoughts and refocus your attention on the breath
Relax your legs, feel how all your muscles are at rest, relaxed, breathes softly and slowly
Well we are going the thoughts and we return to our breathing
Lentaa, rhythmic but slow
If you want you can mentally listen to the onomatopoeias we used in the previous episode while we were breathing
"SO" when inhaling through the nose, "HAM" when expelling air through our nose
Smoothly and at our pace
Back to our breathing
The only thing that exists is this precise instant
Your breath, concentrate on it
Okay, we're slowly getting on board, as you can see it's very easy to lose concentration when the alarm sounds, now your task is to practice listening mentally
that alarm when you think you're thinking too much, when you feel you are not living in the present
Little by little you will incorporate it in your daily life if you pay attention to what is happening inside of you and that alarm will appear in your daily life
automatically when you go astray
It doesn't mean that you can't think about what you have to do, nor that you can't remember previous events
but you must be alert when your mind tries to divert you and you are not able to be aware of what you are doing
That's what mindfulness is all about, being aware of what's going on in each moment, even when you're getting carried away
by your thoughts and these have dragged you to the future or to the past making you forget what is happening now
I hope you liked today's practice and that you will incorporate this alarm into your daily life
Happy present moment and see you next time
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Subtitles:
16 Attention to internal dialogue
02 Analyze vs feel
Welcome Stage 3: Outside Mindfulness
19 Full social life
Welcome Stage 2: Inner Consciousness
Welcome Stage 4: Mindfulness expansion
07 Set the alarm
06 Being, being and appearing
Farewell to the course: Continue your training.
28 Forgiveness