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A Mindful Autumn Bucket List

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  • Read a book about mindfulness
  • Eat an entire meal in silence — pay attention to the act of eating and to the taste of the food
  • Go for a walk — with no iPhone, no music…. just pay attention
  • Get a mindfulness colouring book and spend an afternoon colouring
  • Watch Inside Out
  • Start a gratitude journal — and write in it once a week
  • Try a 45-minute meditation session
  • Take a 24-hour technology detox — no phone, Internet, TV, etc.
  • Declare a Day of Kindness and volunteer, engage in random acts of kindness, smile at people you see, and make people’s days
  • Teach a mindfulness practice to your kids
  • Forgive someone for something (maybe yourself?)
  • Practice mindful walking
  • Change a daily activity — brush your teeth with your non-dominant hand, drive a different route to work, sit in a different spot in your morning meeting…. Go wild!
  • Put on some music and dance — just move however your body wants to move
  • Practice lovingkindness
  • Take a class — art, painting, drumming, dance, tai chi
  • Make a list of the things you love about yourself
  • Do a 30-minute body scan meditation
  • Declutter an area in your house that’s driving you crazy
  • Make a mind jar
  • Watch a sunrise
  • Make a list of the top 10 things that help YOU reduce stress — and post it somewhere you will see it every day
  • Create a meditation space or a calm-down space in your home
  • Visit a local meditation centre
  • Meditate outside
  • Add a “good news only” outlet to your Facebook feed
  • Practice mindful conversation with someone

 

Taken with appreciation from – http://leftbrainbuddha.com/mindful-summer-bucket-list/

 

Alan holds a Masters Degree and Graduate Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy from the University of Limerick. He has worked in private practice in Limerick and Ennis for many years. He has lectured on research on the Psychotherapy M.A. in U.L., and worked as a group facilitator on the M.A. in Music Therapy in U.L. Alan also holds a Higher National Diploma and Bachelors Degree in Irish Music, and has taught guitar on the B.A. in Irish Music and Dance at the Irish World Academy. As a professional musician he has toured extensively throughout Ireland and Europe with various artists. Alan’s interests include auto-ethnographic and heuristic approaches to research, personal development, and transpersonal approaches to psychotherapy. He continues to get great enjoyment from music, playing regularly in the Limerick and Ennis scene, as well as working on various recording projects. He values the personal development of student therapists and the effective integration of this with skills and theory.