Cultivate Mindfulness through Simple Tasks

Simple Tasks Can Lead to Mindfulness. Who knew?

In the Plum Village Tradition we have Bells of Mindfulness – things that bring is back to the present moment. The sound of a bell, church bells, a ringing phone are common Bells of Mindfulness. But we don’t have to limi ourselves to literal bells. We don’t even have to limit ourselves to sounds!!

Explore using a simple task to call you home to yourself. It might be putting on our shoes as I describe in the video above. Or, opening the door, locking/unlocking the door, brushing our hair, brushing our teeth, washing our face, drinking a sip of water. You get the drift. The possibilities are endless.

To which activities did you bring kind attention, embodied awareness? What made it easier? What made it more difficult? Let us know.