If you’re like most people you race through the workday in fight-or-flight mode acting as though you’re in the middle of a fire drill.
Mindfulness can help you stay balanced and move through the workday with more ease.
Before every meeting or phone call, pause, put both feet on the ground and follow one breath in and out. No one even needs to see you do this. This will help you arrive with a skillful presence.
Mindfulness can be helpful when you’re in a meeting or on a call and someone is saying something you don’t like. You may feel yourself getting ready to react. Your thoughts are racing. Your heart is pounding.
You can be aware of your breathing. This will help you keep calm, stay balanced, and see more clearly. It will help you be part of the solution rather the problem.
Each time you pay attention to your breathing you slow the rate at which stress hormones pump through your body. You come back to “rest and digest”. In addition to getting through your workday with less wear and tear you’ll sleep better at night.
