Experience with Mindfulness

Method(s) I am planning on trying - will continuously be updated

• Mindful Walking (on land and in the water)
• mindful Eating  - savoring my meal
• mindful Yoga
• Meditation before going to sleep
• Deep Breathing
• Journaling (daily, things I am grateful for)
• Continue reading daily Awakening and writing down as well practicing the daily tip
• Mindful Observation (I am hoping for 50 degrees in mid February again and I am so excited to sit outside and just smell spring, listen to the awakening of spring, see the spring blossom in front of me) 
• Stillness - a difficult for me, since I am always on the move (think "Zappelphilip" -"Fidgety Philip",  written 1845, today called AD/HD)
• Adding mindfulness to my Daily Chores: like driving the car (and not being upset with these bad drivers but "just breath"), observing how it feels to wash the dishes after a long day,  mindfulness listening (and not right away judging or giving advice, but just listen - in school and at home)

Resources: 

Gawain, Shakti. Awakening. Novato: New World Library, 2006. Print. 

https://www.livingwell.org.au/mindfulness-exercises-3/

http://www.mindful.org/four-effective-bedtime-strategies-for-reducing-stress/

http://www.pocketmindfulness.com/6-mindfulness-exercises-you-can-try-today/

http://www.glennharrold.com/blog/mindfulness-meditation-anxiety-worry

 http://www.babelmatrix.org/works/de/Hoffmann,_Heinrich-1809/Die_Geschichte_vom_Zappel-Philipp/en/40227-The_Story_of_Fidgety_Philip