Tips - Less doing more being!

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Following on from yesterday's Mantra "I am a human being not a human doing", I have put together a list of tips about just being at one with yourself followed by a short meditation.

Tips for less doing more being!

1. Begin to reduce non essential commitments
2. Say no to requests that sap your energy
3. Enjoy silence once in a while, no TV, no Ipod, no radio, just blissful silence
4. Step away from the computer, Facebook, Twitter, Email and the Internet will be still be there in 15  minutes.
5. Enjoy idle day dreaming and the art of fantasy, let your imagination run riot!
6. Schedule in down time in your diary every day.
7. For five minutes every day concentrate on your breathing, this can be done anywhere, even at work.
8. Set limits on the number of tasks you must complete daily.

Meditation

1. Sit quietly with your eyes closed and notice what you are experiencing. Don't judge it. Just for a moment, let go of the feeling of wanting a different experience, and pay attention to the Now.
2. Focus your attention inward and notice what you're feeling. What mood are you in? Resist the urge to judge your mood or change it. Is there a particular emotion you're feeling that you might not have been aware of a moment ago? Is there another emotion below that one, maybe subtler but still affecting how you feel?
3. Now focus your attention outward. What sounds and smells do you notice that you weren't aware of a moment ago? What sensations can you feel in your body that your mind has been filtering out until now? Focus on your big toe on your left foot or how it feels to sit in your chair. Now focus on the temperature of the air that you're breathing, the feeling in your chest as it expands and contracts, and the sound your breath makes.
Don't you feel more alive when you are present? Are you surprised by all of the things you noticed--inside and out--that you hadn't noticed before? These sensations were there all the time, only you weren't paying attention to them.

If you have any ideas of your own, please share them with me.  I am always open to suggestions and tips.

Love and Blessings,

Jean Fisher-Taylor