Mindfulness at Work For Dummies

Chapter 4

Practising Mindfulness Day to Day

In This Chapter

Using mindfulness to set up your day

Taking a mindful approach to travel

Discovering the benefits of mindful pauses

Rounding up your day with a spot of mindfulness

In this chapter, you discover a whole host of different ways in which to be mindful. Best of all, many of the exercises we cover are short and easy to implement in the workplace. Here you find ways to just stop and be mindful as well as exercises that you can do while you’re working. That way you don’t use up too much time and yet still train your brain to work with greater focus, intelligence and creativity as your mindful awareness naturally grows.

Think of day-to-day mindfulness like interval training. In interval training, popular with fitness coaches, you do a burst of activity followed by a rest. These short bursts of exercise help to boost your cardiovascular health. In the same way, we encourage you to intersperse your working day with short mindful breaks. When you practise mindfulness regularly in this way, you start working and interacting with higher ...