Stillness is simply being present in a peaceful and non-stimulating environment. If you are like most people, you are not taking time to experience real stillness on a regular basis. Most people are resistant to the idea of stillness for a couple of reasons:
- They believe they don’t have the time
- They are addicted to distractions and don’t want to be alone with their thoughts
Here Are 4 Reasons Why Practicing Stillness is Worthy of Your Time:
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A more accurate perspective
When you are able to disengage for a few minutes, you can get away from your negative thoughts. You can step away from your life for a moment, and you have a better chance of seeing the truth. You are able to break away from your mental habits and patterns and you can experience increased clarity.
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Your intuition can be heard
You can’t hear your intuition if you are never still. It might even be screaming at you, but you are completely oblivious to what it is trying to tell you. You become wiser if you experience stillness on a regular basis.
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Less stress
When your mind gets a break from your busy day, you experience less stress. Of course, this enhances your sleep and overall physical and mental health.
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Enhances your self-awareness
Stillness allows you to check-in with yourself. You become more aware of your thoughts, aches and pains, and emotions. Instead of being engrossed in your habitual thoughts, you have the time and perspective to become more aware of yourself.
Stillness has many benefits that can greatly add to the quality of your life. If you are never still, you are missing out on a lot. It is easy to miss all the options and opportunities available to you if you never lift your head above the noise. Stillness requires time, but it is time well spent.
Stillness Can Be Accomplished in Different Ways:
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Meditate
Meditation is the most obvious way to practice stillness, but it’s certainly not the only option. Meditation is a simple but challenging skill to master. Twenty minutes of meditation each day is an awesome way to practice stillness on a regular basis.
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Turn off all of your devices and just sit, stand, or walk
Disengage from your computer, smartphone, TV, or other devices for a few minutes. Just look out the window, stare at the wall, or close your eyes for a few minutes. Focus on what you see or just observe your breathing.
- Strive to keep your thoughts to a minimum. Instead, focus on the information your senses are providing. What do you see, hear, smell, and feel?
- Just a few minutes each hour can make a huge difference.
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Spend time in nature
Cut yourself off from other people and anything manmade. Get out there with the trees, plants, and animals. Enjoy your surroundings and give your brain a break for as much time as you can spare.
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Be mindful
Mindfulness can be practiced anywhere. You can be mindful on the subway or in a business meeting. Keep your thoughts and attention on what you’re doing and your surroundings. Avoid daydreaming, thinking about the past or the future, or anything that isn’t relevant to what you are doing in the moment.
- An overly stimulating environment can prevent the experience of true stillness, but it can greatly turn down the impact of the activity happening around you.
Schedule a little stillness into your life each day. It is that important. You might believe you don’t have time for stillness, but that is the ultimate sign that you desperately need it.
Be still each day for as much time as you can spare. Your life will be changed in powerful ways.
– Moira
Are you ready to make personal and spiritual changes in your life? Consider a one on one private session with Moira or a reading to free yourself from limitations and open yourself up to greater possibilities? I invite you to open the door.
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Moira Hutchison is a Mindset Cultivator, Energy Healer, and Tarot Card Reader. Her specialties range from helping people with broad goals such as accepting change, life planning, and personal balance, to specific goals like gaining motivation and overcoming issues such as procrastination, excess stress and self-sabotage.
