Use moments of mindful seeing to bring you into the present. Breathe and really take in what you are seeing. Over the course of the day today, take a moment and stop. Take in the colors, the light, the textures you are seeing, and let them get absorbed. See if you can feel yourself seeing so intently that you absorb it. See if you can visually take in your world. How the oxygen from the air gets absorbed into your cells. Think about how you take in breath, how you absorb it. Breathing comfortably, notice what your eyes pay attention to as you breathe. See if you can play with seeing and breathing. Notice, as Jon Kabat Zinn stated: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally. Notice what you see, notice what the light hits, notice what you often ignore. Take a moment even now to just look around wherever you are, just 10 seconds. So today, or for this week, let’s bring the practice of mindfulness to looking at your world. In fact your mind is always moving so fast you are lucky if there are only two competing visuals.
Your capacity for visually engaging with information can come from outside stimulation or inside stimulation. The funny thing about seeing is that you can be looking at something, the screen you are currently looking at, the road ahead of you, or the pile of papers you are sorting-and you can also be thinking of another event in your mind and be ‘seeing’ that event at the same time in your mind’s eye. Today we are going to look at the mindfulness of seeing, of looking, of taking in your world visually. It helps you stay connected to yourself and the physical world when the work of healing gets difficult. It allows you to take on the work of healing in a healthy and sustainable way. And while everyone can benefit from mindfulness, for people who have lived through trauma, mindfulness is a crucial skill for healing. As Jon Kabat Zinn states, ‘mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.' Mindfulness can increase your capacity for self-awareness and self-control. Mindful Mondays are a chance to hone your practice, to give yourself another way to renew, recharge and rejuvenate.
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