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Mindfulness @ Work

tips to stay focused to increase your productivity

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Do you ever feel that your brain needs a

grease and oil change to keep it from overheating or

exploding?

Sadly, the local servo doesn’t offer this type of service BUT practicing

Mindfulness DOES.

So sit back, breathe and enjoy.

#1

Instead of jumping right out of bed into your routine, take a few minutes to notice how you feel and consciously set your intentions for the day.

Start the day with a conscious awareness

#2

Multitasking is the enemy of focus – it can often leave us more frazzled than accomplished. Concentrate on ONE thing at a time, finish it, take a break, then move on to the next task.

Forget Multi-tasking and practice Uni-tasking

#3

You are not super-human so stop thinking you can fix everything. As they say, put on your oxygen mask before you help others. Reschedule or learn to say NO.

You can’t please everyone

#4Set a time for every hour, STOP what you are doing and pause.

Stand up, stretch your body, take in a deep breath, slowing, deeply and let out any tensions when you breath out.

This makes your brain slow down and reduces stress and anxiety.

Breath in, breath out

Create your own quite space. GO OUTSIDE to collect your thoughts, breath in the air, take in the beauty of nature and enjoy the space of ‘nothing’.

Escape the sounds and demands #5

#6

Every now and then, STOP and use your senses to be present with the moment – see what you see, feel what you feel, hear what you hear.

Be present with the moment

At the end of your workday, pause and reflect on your day. Just notice without judgement.

#7 Self reflect your day without judgement

It’s a concept and practice of: paying focused attention on purpose without judgment to the experience of the present moment

What is Mindfulness?

We can often feel overwhelmed, overworked, irritated with pressures and never seem to catch up on our sleep.

The practice of Mindfulness can help with these issues. It’s slowly making it’s way into the workplace. It’s a concept and practice inherited from Buddhist traditions, and is the hot topic in Western Psychology.

Why do we need Mindfulness @ Work?

The benefits of mindfulness are many – and the list keeps getting longer: relieves symptoms of depression, alleviation of pain, relationship issues, help with sleep problems, eating disorders, anxiety and overall stress management.

The “magic” of mindfulness is that it rearranges neural networks. Cutting edge science continues to prove this in powerful ways. And the truly exciting news is that power comes from us. We can use the practice of Mindfulness to change our behaviours and the way we ‘react’ to the world.

Stress Expert. Helping people live a less stressed life.

Julie works with individuals, consults and regularly runs Mindful Meditation workshops.

www.thejuliemacpractice.com.auEm: julie@juliemac.com.auPh: 1300 440 163