Mindfulness & Gratitude
The pace and demands of life continually ask us to split our attention and energy. It can be difficult to really know how we’re feeling when we don’t spend time checking in with ourselves. Mindfulness and gratitude are practices that can help you slow down and take notice.
What Is Mindfulness?
The quality or state of being conscious or aware of something is known as mindfulness. By focusing attention on the present moment while calmly acknowledging and accepting thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations, we learn things about ourselves and surroundings, including other people.
Mindfulness is a state of being present in the moment. It allows us to experience our thoughts and feelings without attaching a “right” or a “wrong” to them, and is an ongoing practice with a variety of exercises and meditations.
The insights we gain from regularly practicing mindfulness help us learn more about ourselves and others and make it possible for us to live healthier, more conscious lives.
What Is
Gratitude?
Gratitude is the quality of being thankful and showing appreciation for kindness. Everyone can benefit from practicing gratitude every day. Practicing gratitude means taking time to notice and reflect on things you’re thankful for in order to experience more positive emotions, feel better and more alive, express more compassion and kindness, and even boost your immune system.
Creating a gratitude routine will make it more likely that you’ll develop healthy coping habits and get the benefits of practicing gratitude.
The scientifically proven benefits of gratitude include:
Opens the door to more relationships
Improves physical health
Enhances empathy and reduces aggression
Improves physiological health
Better sleep
Improves self-esteem
Increases mental health