Every weekend there’s a self-care thread in my old DBT class I participate in. Used to be just about what self-care you’re using this weekend. Then they started adding a questions with it. This week was about how you plan to practice mindfulness. Here’s my answer. I’m making this day 4 to align with my food day count. I’ve been meaning to edit some recent poetry to post so I’ll post more like yesterday’s poem.
I think of 2 kinds of mindfulness:
Formal practice- I use yoga. I was getting in a rut with my home practice, and not being mindful during it; then I got back into it by getting a yoga journal, which transformed things, helps with focus/intention.
The second kind is more challenging. Mindfulness in action to me is being mindful in every day life. It’s difficult every time I open my mouth, as I have Adhd and say opposite things or seem to have forgotten what the topic is because I react too fast. I notice w my family if I sit back and observe and talk less it helps. Also mindfulness around food. I got bad cholesterol results so I’m jump starting a whole new food plan I hope to stick with. Also being mindful to doing twice as much water…
I use all my handmade dolls to do Tik Tok:
One was falling apart and the head wouldn’t stay up so I fixed it and added more hair and bells. See above. Below is a painting I got back into, breaking up the circles. I hadn’t worked on these mandalas for months.
6 Impossible Things For Breakfast 