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STEP OUT OF THOUGHT
BY JOEL JELEN OF RESET BREATHING
“It’s time to step out of thought, be more mindful and
live your life” says Joel Jelen, founder of Reset Breathing.
How many of us go through life asleep? and between thinking for practical purposes, by bringing
attention into your body and slowing your breathing...
through the nose and into your tummy if it wasn’t there
already.
I mean how many moments of your life does your attention
spend inside your mind? If you feel each breath as you think, see the difference it
makes.
I meet lots of people who admit to me once we begin
discussing mindfulness as part of resetting their breathing
and life, that they live their life on autopilot. They literally
run their lives according to the stuff originating in their
minds, according to the thoughts and opinions of those
around them. As a breathing educator, I can tell you from
experience - mine and many others - that as long as your
attention is on observing your breath or on feeling your
inner body and senses, you are set free. When you encounter a problem through the day, think for
a short while, then drop the thinking and merge with the
inner body. Think for a few minutes then stop thinking.
Adopting this will enable you to experience negative
emotions less frequently. The more stillness you bring into
your life, the less you react and the quicker you overcome
situations. By feeling the inner body, you can sense how
active the mind is. When you know the effect that e.g. anger
has on your body, with this realisation you don’t reinforce it
with continuous thinking. You become instinctively aware
how harmful this is.
It’s time to step out of thought and live your life.
‘Not feeling angry anymore’ is probably the most
empowering feedback people give and receive once they
begin to watch their thoughts and emotions on a daily
basis. When you begin to observe the interplay between
your mind and emotions and how one influences the other,
you begin to realise the effect of your thinking. It’s all about
bringing your thoughts to the forefront of your mind as
opposed to allowing them to carry on unnoticed in the
background. This is how you begin to exert more control
over your thought processes.
It’s like dropping a hot item from your hand... the
realisation that your mind determines your happiness
becomes total and unquestionable... we call this awareness
or mindfulness. Encourage yourself whilst doing anything
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If you like, it’s about understanding the insanity of the
human mind and not identifying with each thought as if
it was real. Understanding and being aware of the effects
of the mind and how it causes anger, hatred, tension and
turmoil will automatically enable you to activate that most
powerful of mindsets... ‘let it go’.
And once you do, you are truly on your way to living with
mindfulness and all the benefits that come free with it.
Reset Breathing is hosting summer workshops
incorporating breathing techniques with mindfulness.
Further details from www.resetbreathing.com