My mind never stops... This constant flow of thoughts and ruminations is exhausting, especially the distressing ones (and a lot of things stress me out since my burnout). So I finally decided to take a closer look at the Mindfulness thing that pops up everywhere.
I expected mindfulness to be the same as the state of "total awareness" that Deepak Chopra often mentions in his meditations... and apparantly I was right :-)
But the "meditations", which are the way to get to mindfulness, are much more accessible to the hasty modern (wo)man. They start very simply, by counting your steps or focusing on breathing for example, and their function is to divert your attention from non-helping thoughts.
Including these meditations in your daily life builds up your mental strength in order for you to be able to do the same in stressful situations, thus avoiding the "fight-or-flight" response that causes so much damage in the long term.
I've just started with 'mindfulness' meditations a few days ago and already had the occasion to successfully use them for relief in a stressful conversation. Try it out!
More info:
Two introductory videos: http://www.mindfulnet.org/page2.htm
Book "Mindfulness to go" by David Harp.
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