What is Mindfulness?
Mindfulness really is a current buzz word, which is fabulous because it can only be beneficial with the practice of it. What does the word mean and what is it?
Mindfulness - definition
1. a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique.
Mindfulness suggests that the mind is fully attending to what’s happening, to what you’re doing, to the space you’re moving through. Without practice, what normal happens is that, our mind takes flight, we lose touch with our body, we become engrossed in obsessive thoughts about something that just happened or fretting about the future. This can make us feel anxious and overwhelmed.
Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us.
When we’re mindful, we reduce stress, gain insight and awareness through observing our own mind, and increase our attention to others’ well-being.
"Mindfulness practice gives us a time in our lives when we can suspend judgment and unleash our natural curiosity about the workings of the mind, approaching our experience with warmth and kindness—to ourselves and others."
Mindful techniques include;
- Mediation
- Breath practice - Pranayama
- Yoga
- Prayer and chanting
- Walking in nature
- Attending daily tasks with intention and awareness
Mostly adapted and edited from
https://www.mindful.org/what-is-mindfulness/
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Health Matters
Smoothies and Juices for spring cleansing
A great time to start adding some liquid meals to your diet
- Alkalising Juice - Cucumber, green apple, lemon, celery.
- Refreshing juice - Green apple, kale, spinach, lemon, lime, mint, celery
- Cleansing juice - Carrot, pear, tumeric, ginger
- Detox juice - Beetroot, carrot, celery, lemon, kale
- Green smoothie - Coconut water, banana, berries, kale, spinach, powered grass i.e. spirulina, what or barley, coconut or flaxseed oil
- Protein smoothie - Coconut water, banana, blueberries, yoghurt, almond meal, avocado, coconut oil, spinach, spirulina
- Cooling and cleansing smoothie - Coconut water, mint, lime, cucumber
- Rich smoothie - Almond milk, raw cacao powder, avocado, almond meal, dates
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Banana and Chocolate muffins - Dairy and gluten free
Oozing chocolate and moist banana, a bit of a sweet hit, yum!
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cup Almond meal
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- 1/2 cup coconut sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 4 masshed banans
- 1/4 cup chopped dates
- 1/4 cup chopped chocolate
- vanilla
- 1 tsp baking soda
- Almond milk if needed
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Method
- Mix beaten eggs, sugar, banana and vanilla
- Add melted coconut oil
- Mix in almond meal, coconut flour and baking powder
- Add dates and chocolate
- Pour in almond milk as needed ( mixture can thicken due to coconut flour) to a medium consistency
- Mix carefully and spoon into mini or large greased muffin trays
- Bake approx 15-20 mins on 160
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