10 Little Known Ways To Become Present To the Moment (with infographic)

Don’t answer these questions as soon as  you ask them. As soon as you ask them, your next job is to be the witnessing presence to your thoughts and emotions that arise as a result of these questions. Rather than analyzing with your thoughts, I propose that you explore these questions through bringing awareness to your body. Become aware of how you feel, the thoughts and the uneasiness, and become aware how you are resisting the moment. You can use this while you meditate, or while going about your daily life.

Ok! Are you ready? These are the questions to instantly bring you back to the present moment:

1. If my thinking mind was in my body, rather than my head, how would that feel like? You can do this on for your hand or different parts of your body. It takes awareness from your thinking mind to your body.
2. At this moment, do I wish I was somewhere else or another point in time? If so, focus your awareness on the resistance that comes from that desire.
3. I wonder what my next thought is going to be? And just wait… You’ll notice your mind becomes quite afterwards. Don’t try to not think, but just become aware of whatever happens and accept it.
4. Is there something that I would like to change about myself at this moment? If so, bring awareness to that feeling of wanting change, if not, bring awareness to the feeling of acceptance and notice it.
5. Am I at ease at this moment? 
6. What’s going on inside of me at this moment? 
7. How does it feel like to be alive?
8. How does it feel like to be in this body?
9. This is not a question but it fulfills the same purpose: If you are having a tough time with a negative emotion or physical pain, rather than saying “I feel sad” or “my back hurts” say “aww my body feels sad” or “aww my body’s back hurts” and just view it from that perspective.
10. Am i complaining in any sort of way? Become aware whenever you are complaining either through thinking or speaking. Complaining is resistance to the now. If you can’t do nothing about it, drop it until you are able to do something about it. Why suffer for something that is out of your control?
11. What at this time am I lacking?

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