Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Mindfulness Cues


She had a long dark brown ponytail and soft brown eyes, I had asked her who her life hero was, and she replied without hesitation, “My mom”.  I ask, “Why your mom?”, and as her face lite up she told the story of the courage of a single mom raising a family of three.  We were halfway through a departmental class on mindfulness and we had been talking about how difficult it is to stay mindful as our day unwinds and we so easily stray into the past and future.  I told the class that her mom’s courage is something she now holds dearly and it could serve as mindfulness cue.  Mindfulness cues can be external or internal cues we use to bring ourselves back to being our best at living in the moment.  The last half of the class we made wood bead bracelets designed to be mindfulness cues.  She used black beads for her mom’s hair separated by tiny red beads for the red ribbon that always held her mom’s ponytail.  What mindfulness cues have you set up to be your best at living in the moment?


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