Mindful Life, Close Your Eyes and Relax

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#### "Close your Eyes and Relax", my mindfulness app, [Stretchly](https://hovancik.net/stretchly/downloads/) advises me, and it starts to count down from 10 to 0. I almost click it away and then decide to allow myself those 10 seconds of relaxation. It's the least I can do. It's 9:40 PM and part of me would already like to lie down but I have to try and finish this curation tonight. And let's be honest this kind of work is far from a punishment. In fact, it hardly feels like work. It's all for a good cause. Which one of us can't use some more mindfulness in their life these days? https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/naturalmedicine/Q5OrroCk-BWdivider.png In [Moving Out From Center](https://peakd.com/hive-120078/@indigoocean/moving-out-from-center) @indigoocean writes: > It's a challenge to our self-concept to let go of knowing who we are and how we relate to a known world around us even for just minutes. That's why so many people struggle with seated meditation practice. https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/indigoocean/Xq0EKne8-freedom-4782870_1280.jpg [Source](https://pixabay.com/photos/freedom-girl-travel-adventure-4782870/) ***I - @vincentnijman - struggle with seated meditation ( and I must have tried a thousand times by now ) and often wonder if I can't just replace it by ( more mindful ) walking?*** She then continues with: > Right now we are being challenged to live that practice in how we relate to life on this planet entirely. Even more challenging, right? That and way more wise words can be found in [her full post](https://peakd.com/hive-120078/@indigoocean/moving-out-from-center) https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/naturalmedicine/Q5OrroCk-BWdivider.png @artemislives writes the following in [Resisting their New Normal Mindful Choices despite What They Say](https://peakd.com/hive-120078/@artemislives/resisting-their-new-normal-mindful-choices-despite-what-they-say): > Today I took time. My time. To think about the inevitabilities of some parts of "their" new normal - about the behaviours I have witnessed and mindfully choose to sidestep and ignore. **and she wraps it up with:** > I'm grateful for the practice of mindfulness - of being the watcher of not only my own thoughts and emotions and reactions, but also those of the public narrative and the world in general. in this beautiful Mindful Monday entry. https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/naturalmedicine/Q5OrroCk-BWdivider.png https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/trucklife-family/Dtu3ocBU-image.png **There's mindfulness and there's getting stuck in your own mind.** @trucklife-family got a much needed kick behind her behind, thanks to @movingman Here's one of the cutest line from her write up, explaining the aforementioned: > Sometimes it is just a gentle nudge we need, so that we start to take notice. So that we can begin to move in a more healing direction. Read her full story here: [Creating Space and Realizing How Badly I needed that Kick up the Arse](https://peakd.com/hive-120078/@trucklife-family/creating-space-and-realizing-how-badly-i-needed-that-kick-up-the-arse) https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/naturalmedicine/Q5OrroCk-BWdivider.png @chireerocks wrote [a mindful poem](https://peakd.com/hive-120078/@chireerocks/breathe) for us. https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmYN2wuUDsuaWpRuNDcEZmrAhBd5aGCem85PwzMVT8abH8/20200504_132627_0000.png https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/naturalmedicine/Q5OrroCk-BWdivider.png **And now on from Chireerocks to some other rocks. Or runes, to be more precise:** https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/drrune/WLo9vc5E-IMG_20200504_100512.jpg @drrune , a fresh member to our community, adds an entirely different layer of mindfulness to our lives, with his daily Rune readings. Make sure to check it out. It's already my favorite kind of horoscope. I should remind myself to check in on his blog every single day: [Runa del Dia / Rune of the Day](https://peakd.com/hive-120078/@drrune/runa-del-dia-union-colectiva-porta-la-antorcha-y-camina-rune-of-the-day-collective-union-carry-the-torch-and-walk) https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/naturalmedicine/Q5OrroCk-BWdivider.png Time to wrap this up and leave you with one more mindful post to keep your calm and sanity among the (media) storm that tries to ingrain our brains with way more fear than is good for us ( let's counter it with love and calm instead ): @jasonliberty wrote a lengthy [personal essay on mindfulness and meditation](https://peakd.com/hive-120078/@jasonliberty/the-purpose-benefits-and-methods-of-meditation-my-story) that was also mentioned by @trucklife-family in yesterday's [Best of Natural Medicine Curation](https://peakd.com/hive-120078/@naturalmedicine/the-best-of-natural-medicine-curation-87-abundance-meditation-birch-trees-and-our-powerful-bodies) There's so much more good content to be found - I can't even keep up with it. These days it seems like new users are being drawn to The Natural Medicine Community like Bees to Honey. Or wait, they are making the honey? ( flies to shit didn't sound to nice though ) I love it! And, let's be honest, if there's something we can use these days it's an increased focus on mindfulness, community and mental and physical health. This space is - without a doubt - a breath of fresh air on the blockchain. Much love, peace, calm and good vibes, Vincent --- Oh and before I forget, @bewithbreath who hosts meditation sessions in our Mindful Life Discord channel gives away both Lotus and Hive. More on that here in: [5000 Lotus and 20 Hive Giveaway](https://hive.blog/hive-120078/@bewithbreath/5000-lotus-and-20-hive-giveaway) https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/naturalmedicine/Q5OrroCk-BWdivider.png

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