Can smartphone use increase mindfulness?

Can smartphone use increase mindfulness?

Back in the days when I had a wired phone I had put a sticky to it just showing “B!”. It reminded me to take a deep mindful breath before using it. I was inspired by John Kabat-Zinn’s teachings and hacks to install reminders or anchors for practicing...
Observe your breath

Observe your breath

Focus on your breath.Try not to control it.Recognize how the air flows through your nostril and throat.How the air fills up your lungs and your belly and your chest raises.Then the short moment of stillness between inhaling and exhaling.Watch how the air flows out of...
Feel the presence

Feel the presence

Practice open awareness.Just observe what is currently there.Any thoughts or body sensations raising up?What do you see, smell or feel? The picture is kindly provided by Nietjuh on pixabay.com
Observe your thoughts

Observe your thoughts

Watch your thoughts.Just recognize them.Try not evaluate them.Just observe. If there are too many – try to focus on the space in which they appear.This space is pure and perfect and persistent. The picture was kindly provided by Nietjuh on...
Observe your feelings

Observe your feelings

What do you feel right now?Try not to judge.Try not to comment them.Just observe. The picture was kindly provided by Pitsch at pixabay.com
Find your balance

Find your balance

Stand up or start walking or balance on a stone. Focus on your feet, your legs, your whole body. How does it feel? Are you in balance?
Sense your body

Sense your body

Scan your body from head down to your toes.Pause and sense the the single parts of your body. What do you feel? The picture was kindly provided by Anne-Marie Ridderhof at pixabay.com.
Slow down into now

Slow down into now

The now is the only moment at which we really can exist. The future is not yet here and the past is over. Can you slow down into now? Can you feel the completeness and richness of the current moment? It is all here and now. The picture for this reminder was kindly...
Observe what you see

Observe what you see

Observe what you see. Do not judge. Do not criticise. Just really try observe what you see. And nothing more. The picture was kindly provided by cristian prisecariu at pixabay.com.