"There is no “maximum time” for meditation. However, in any case, don’t meditate longer than your motivation – or you may get tired of the practice. Don’t stretch your motivation. Protect it. This is very important."[i] I like that point because most of the time when we try something new, we are very motivated at the beginning, we feel energized and so confident. And we have the tendency to overdoing it. This may help in short term, however in a longer term – and this is what we are looking for when starting the mindfulness journey – we just get burnt out… So my advice to you, start small, begin by practicing short mindfulness meditations, 20’, 15’, 10, 5’ or even 1’, or only practice what we call “informal mindfulness” (during your daily activities) but just do it every day. In coaching, we often use this “quick-win” strategy to make sure that nothing can lead the coachee to fail: Start small and stay committed. The aim is to first build the habit of practicing mindfulness and this is a better approach for a long term perspective. Then, mindfulness will just become a natural thing to do, as part of your daily hygiene like brushing your teeth and taking a shower. All the best to you! [i] Giovanni Dienstmann, from Live and Dare
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AuthorHi ! I'm Nadege Esteban. As a Mindfulness Trainer and Coach, I promote mindfulness as a way of living and working… and I gave myself this personal mission: to inspire as much as possible people to give mindfulness a try and hopefully to adopt it in their daily life. Be Inspired
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