Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life by Steven C. Hayes

Author:Steven C. Hayes [Steven Hayes & Spencer Smith]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: PSYCHOLOGY/ Self-Help
ISBN: 1-57224-425-9
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Published: 2011-05-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Mindfulness

Mindfulness is difficult, not because it is hard but because it is elusive. We are constantly being hooked by our verbal predictions and evaluations. Furthermore, life is complex. There are many, many things to be mindful of and, as events become more complex, it is easier to lose our way. You could practice focusing on only one aspect of your experience the way you did in the last chapter, but ultimately that would severely limit the breadth and richness of your actual experience.

Practicing mindfulness isn’t going to do you much good if you just do the exercises written in this book and then forget about them. You need to make an effort to bring your attention more completely to the many moments in your life, fully, without defense, nonjudgmentally, defused, and accepting. Formal practice can help you acquire the skills, but it is informal practice, using these skills in your day-to-day life, that is most important.

This chapter will help you develop ways to deepen your experience with mindfulness by asking you to pay attention to many different types of experiences as they enter your awareness. It will also give you some concrete ideas on how you can institute a mindfulness practice into your daily life.

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