Category: Mindfulness Challenge for the Week

The invitation that I extend this week to you, warmly and cordially is to become mindful of the wind.  As I am looking out the back window of my house and I look into the sky, I do not see the wind; of course, nor can you or anyone see the wind.  What I do see outside my back door window is a sailboat as it sails across the Puget Sound.  I see the leaves of trees as they rustle in the wind.  As I open the door I can hear the howling of the wind as it crosses over the waters of the Puget Sound.

I can feel the tingling of the wind on my skin, for it is a bit chilly today and I have goose pimps.  Notice throughout the week all evidence of wind.  Most importantly and poignantly, pay attention to the wind which goes into and out of your body through your breath.  Feel the sensation of the breath as it goes in and out of your body.

• Feel it.
• Hear it.
• Sense it.

Acknowledge your breath today, moment to moment.  Acknowledge when there is no breath, which can happen for a surprising length of time.  Acknowledge when there is heightened breath.  Acknowledge when there is halting breath.  Acknowledge when there is full and robust breath into your body and out.

Throughout the week then, notice, acknowledge and celebrate all evidence of the wind as you celebrate the glory and majesty of life.  Have a magnificent, windy week.

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Robert

© Parkinsons Recovery

The mindfulness challenge this week involves noticing the color yellow wherever you go and wherever you are.  Several weeks ago your challenge was to notice the color red.  We are now switching the channel and changing the focus from noticing the color  red to noticing the color yellow.  Wherever you go, make a count of everything yellow that you encounter, just as you did with the color red.

If you see a plant that has yellow in it, count that as one. If you see cars, plates, pictures, carpets, houses or any objects anywhere that contain yellow count them.  Make a mental tally throughout the day. When you reach the count of 100, you can stop if you so choose or you can keep counting.

Keeping a mental count of the number of yellow things and objects and entities and clothes and objects that you have noticed is a straightforward way of forging new neural networks. You create new neural networks and nourish your neurological system even when you forget the count!

To summarize, this week the focus is on the color yellow.  As you now know, when you focus on yellow you are also resonating with the frequency of yellow. More about the implications of this will be discussed in a few days.

Robert

© Parkinsons Recovery