Mindfulness & Meditation + 3 techniques

Let’s learn the difference between mindfulness & meditation.

While they do go hand in hand they are not one in the same.

Mindfulness & meditation + 3 techniques

Meditation- the practice where an individual uses a technique to train attention & awareness for the purpose of achieving a mentally clear, emotionally calm & stable state of being.

Mindfulness- being aware of the present moment, completely aware of your sensory experience; aware of what it feels like to exist, to be alive, in this moment.

Now that we have a few definitions we can see that while they are similar they are different. Mindfulness is a form of meditation but meditation is not necessarily mindfulness.

By consciously applying mindfulness to everyday tasks, such as driving a car, playing sports or anything else that requests your attention, you will be more aware of your surroundings & it could mean the difference between life & death, victory & defeat or failure & success. You are mindful of a rather broad range of situations from full awareness of what is happening around you to the person you are having a conversation with allowing the rest of the world to seemingly fall away.

3 Mindfulness meditation techniques

Each of these practices can be done in any position, seated, laying down, standing, walking, etc. One of the simplest ways to become present in the moment is through sound. Just close your eyes & listen to the sounds around you.

The first technique is called: Just Being.

Just be. Just existing. As you already are. If you’re thinking, that’s fine, you’re still being. If you get distracted, that’s ok, you’re human & that’s what humans do. Stop everything. And just be.

This is one of the fundamental forms of meditation because you don’t even need to do anything except just be as you already are. One lesson we can take from this meditation is to stop being the doer. Source is the doer. Spirit is the doer. You are the vessel & all you have to do is just be.

The second technique is called: Mindfulness.

Be where you are with your eyes open. Observe your breath, just noticing it’s pace. Become aware of the sounds around you- feel them vibrating your eardrums. Notice the empty space that exists between the sounds. Become aware of the colors & shapes you see before you- feel them with your eyes. Notice the empty space that exists between the objects before you. Smell what you are smelling. Taste what you are tasting. Notice any thoughts that are coming up regarding the past or the future & just let them go. Be here now.

The third technique I would like to share today is called: Witnessing.

This is very similar to the mindfulness technique but with one major difference, in mindfulness you are YOU, with the same ego self that you typically identify with. Don’t worry this is not about some sort of ego death, or leaving some undesirable part behind. It’s quite the contrary, in this new era of consciousness that we are pioneering together all layers & levels get to come along, but more on that another day.

In this practice you will be practicing perceiving as an attached observer or from a witness perspective. You can choose to sit & witness the body sitting or you can walk & witness the body as it moves.

Close your eyes & observe the experience of your inner world. Here you are, experiencing your inner world. The feelings of your body. The sounds you hear. The tastes you taste. The smells you smell. Ask yourself: Who is observing these things? Who is experiencing them? Take a moment & sit, with your eyes closed & look inside.

That’s it, mindfulness meditation is that simple.