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In the tiring pace of city life, it can be difficult to cope with anxiety and stress from time to time. Various thoughts that occupy your mind can prevent you from enjoying the moment and negatively affect your quality of life. In that case, turning to mindfulness exercises can help you both relax your mind and stay in the moment. If you wish, let's check out the most effective mindfulness exercises that will help you slow down your mind and stop the moment.

What is Mindfulness? 

Mindfulness, also known as conscious awareness, is a method that plays an important role in supporting mental health. This approach, which allows the individual to stay in the moment, involves noticing the events that are happening at that moment and accepting them as what they are, without judging them. Conscious awareness has two dimensions. The first dimension is the individual's awareness and understanding of what is happening in the present moment. The second dimension is related to how one responds to these realizations.

Although the origins of this approach are based on Buddhist philosophy, it is also possible to say that it is not directly related to any religious or philosophical movement today.

Benefits of Mindfulness Exercises

Mindfulness exercises, which are widely practiced today, provide many benefits both psychologically and physically. We can list these benefits as follows:

• It helps you to manage your stress level.
• Helps to prevent sleep problems by reducing thoughts that make it difficult to fall asleep.
• Supports the establishment of healthier and more positive relationships with people.
• Supports the development of emotional intelligence.
• Contributes to protecting brain health.
• It helps to alleviate symptoms of depression by facilitating focus on the present moment instead of negative thoughts about the future or the past.
• Supports the recovery process of eating disorders.
• It helps to fulfill responsibilities more efficiently by increasing focus.
• It helps to strengthen memory and cognitive functions.
• It helps to increase the overall quality of life.

Mindfulness Exercises

Mindfulness is an approach that encompasses many different types of practices. Each exercise has its own unique benefits. Therefore, you can discover which exercise is more effective for you by experimenting over time. Because this is a completely personal process.

Mindfulness exercises are applied in two ways: formal and informal. Formal exercises include practices such as body scan and sitting meditation that are done by setting aside special time. Informal exercises are performed during daily routines, focusing on what you are doing at that moment. 

We can detail some mindfulness exercises as follows:

Breathing Exercise

One of the most basic exercises that almost everyone can easily apply is the breathing exercise. In this exercise, you sit in a comfortable position, close your eyes and focus on a fixed point. The breath is taken in through the nose for about 3 seconds and then held for 4 seconds. In the final stage, it is slowly exhaled in about 6 seconds. Breathing exercises can have a relaxing effect on the mind and body when it is practiced regularly.

Body Scan Meditation

Body scan meditation involves focusing on sensations that are felt in different parts of the body. This exercise is usually done by lying on your back. The legs are extended, and the arms are placed next to the body with the palms facing up. The attention is directed slowly and consciously from the head area to the toes. This exercise can help people notice physical sensations and emotions that arise due to stress in the body more clearly.

Meditation

Meditation is one of the methods that many people use to relax their minds and bodies today. In this exercise, which is performed in a peaceful and comfortable environment, the eyes are first closed or fixed on one point. At this stage, the imagery technique can be used. For example, a peaceful and safe place such as a forest or a beach is imagined. Then, the sounds that you hear, the scents and the details that you see in this environment are the main things to focus on. In this way, the mind can relax, and stress levels can decrease.

Mindful Walking

Mindful walking is a type of meditation that is performed while moving. This exercise, which can be performed while walking on the way to work or school, first directs attention to the body and then to the environment. The muscles in the body that work and how the feet move are observed meticulously. The attention is also paid to the sounds in the environment during walking. This exercise, which allows you to focus on the present moment and the act of walking, is a pleasant way to experience awareness in the flow of life.

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