Mindfulness Senses
Mindfulness is being aware of our thoughts, feelings, body sensation and surrounding environment. Have you ever started eating your snack and suddenly notice that you ate the whole thing already? Or sat down for a lesson about your favourite topic and you suddenly realize the lesson was over and all you remember thinking about was what you did last weekend? Our lives are often go… go…go… all the time not leaving much time for us to enjoy the little things in life or to really focus on a certain task. Using the idea of “mindfulness” or being “mindful” helps us be present and to focus on what we are currently doing. This week we continued building on the ideas of mindfulness and how it can help us be present and in the "green zone" to help us learn at our best! During our lesson we discussed the idea of mindfulness and how it can help us successfully use our senses to focus and discover new things as well as to really enjoy the moment! We practiced mindfu