Weekly Challenge – Meditation

Spend some time this week exploring aspects of mindfulness

What mindfulness activity I did this week:

The mindfulness activity I did this week is a form of meditation known as walking meditation. Accordingly, this activity involves focusing the mind on what it feels like to walk by paying all attention to every movement involved in walking (Donatelle & Thompson, 2011). Such movement includes lifting the foot, moving the foot forward, placing the foot on the floor, and shifting body weight from one leg to the other. This activity helps a person get out of their head, relax, and fully engage with the world around them.

How often did I do this activity?

Because of this assignment, I came to know of walking meditation, and after I practiced it and liked it, I started doing it almost every day when I found myself with some free time.

How does this mindfulness activity impact my physical, emotional and spiritual wellness?

Since I have been doing this activity for a short while, I have noticed no physical wellness so far. However, my emotional and spiritual wellness has improved. Lately, my anxiety and moodiness have reduced, and so has my stress. In addition, I feel more mindful and have a new sensation of life satisfaction, which makes me happy.

What new insights have I gained?

A major insight I gained from this experience concerns my mind and how it is chaotic. I realized how I constantly and obsessively follow old thoughts and constantly get distracted, unable to focus on one thing for a long time. This lack of attention then leads to me missing out on many things in the present moment because I am thinking about something else.

Additional thoughts, reflections and comments

With the current age of the internet, modern technologies are constantly embedded into people’s everyday lives at an increased rate. Studies have shown that the generations growing up in the Internet age have a lot of anxiety and little life satisfaction, which are all linked to Internet addiction (Kvintová et al., 2020). As such, I feel that practices like walking meditation are important for everyone, especially the young generation, and schools should find a way to incorporate such lessons.

References

Donatelle, R. J., & Thompson, A. M. (2011). Health: the basics. Benjamin Cummings.

Kvintová, J., Cakirpaloglu, S. D., & Hájková, R. (2020). Relationship between internet addiction, life satisfaction and anxiety in pre-service teachers of generation Z. In EDULEARN20 Proceedings (pp. 5843-5849). IATED.

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Weekly Challenge – Meditation

WHAT IS MINDFULNESS?
Mindfulness is a type of meditation in which you focus on being intensely aware of what you’re sensing and feeling in the moment, without interpretation or judgment. Practicing mindfulness involves breathing methods, guided imagery, and other practices to relax the body and mind and help reduce stress. Spending too much time planning, problem-solving, daydreaming, or thinking negative or random thoughts can be draining. It can also make you more likely to experience stress, anxiety and symptoms of depression. Practicing mindfulness exercises can help you direct your attention away from this kind of thinking and engage with the world around you.

Spend some time this week exploring aspects of mindfulness

1. What mindfulness activity I did this week:
2. How often did I do this activity
3. How does this mindfulness activity impact my physical, emotional and spiritual wellness?
4. What new insights have I gained?
5. Additional thoughts, reflections and comments