POLL: Which mindful communication skills do you feel most called to cultivate?
Mindful Communication Skills
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1. Which of the following mindful communication skills do you feel most called to cultivate? Check the top 1 to 3 that apply most to you right now.
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Taking pauses3
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Grounding into your breath or body5
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Noticing your judgments and assumptions5
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Listening to understand rather than listening reactively5
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Expressing yourself in different ways than usual1
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Cultivating compassion & a sense of shared humanity4
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By Gillian Sanger · Posted
What great responses. All so very unique! Similar to David, what I do when I don't feel like meditating depends upon what is going on in mind and body (i.e. am I being stubborn or is my mind-body asking for something a bit different?). In any case, what I am learning to do each morning, regardless of what I 'feel' like, is to commit to some sort of 'tuning in' for at least 20 minutes. This might end up as formal meditation practice or it could end up being more expressive, such as journaling, dance, or yoga (i.e tuning in and seeing what pours out). -
By Gillian Sanger · Posted
Hi Janelle! Wonderful to connect with you here. It was lovely to read your reflections on day 3 (noted about the mention of the 28-day challenge in the email! I will pass it on - thank you). I'm Gillian, by the way - the community moderator. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I read in your other post that you wish to be more consistent with your practice. I definitely think the 100 day challenge will be great for that. Do you have any favourite practices or teachers of mindfulness? -
By David Weiskopf · Posted
If I don’t feel like meditating, before simply giving in I try to examine what is going on that has given rise to an aversion to meditating. Often that settles me right down, but if it doesn’t the next step for me is evaluating my affordable energy. If my tank is empty, then maybe I need sleep or a refreshing exercise. If I’m too agitated, I do some walking meditation or Tai Chi first. If aversion about something else seems to be the problem, then I meditate but start with practices to generate kindness and compassion. It usually makes being with aversion simply part of being what we are that I can regard with kind acceptance. Sometimes I seek out a rewarding interaction with another person before meditating or resolve to do so later. That seems to help tilt my perspective from being aversive to being more enthusiastically engaging. I really think a big part of developing enthusiasm for formal meditation practice is developing an attitude of friendship toward oneself and others, as challenging as that is for me. But, “challenging” is o.k. too. Boredom used to be an interesting challenge. When I would get bored I learned simply to meditate anyway and do two things—examine boredom and really ground my attention in other sensations of my body. So much would be going on aside from boredom.😊 Boredom off the cushion is harder for me because it seems to come down to things I wish I could change but cannot. I’m a bit of a doom scroller, but I also use the pent-up energy to read and try to better understand things, to better understand how we delude ourselves. LOL, that often leads me right back to the meditation cushion! -
By Jeff Miller · Posted
“What do you do when you don't feel like meditating?” Then I don’t. -
By OregonDesertDreaming · Posted
Hello from Oregon. My username describes the area I call home - and my everyday name is Janelle. Just starting on the 100 Day Challenge (day 3 in the bag!). Looking forward to popping in/out to see what is going on. I do love seeing all the locales that people hail from - so wonderful.
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