137 // Myths About Mindfulness (Part Two)

The Mindful Kind

Rachael Kable

Mindfulness, Mindful, Health & Fitness, Self-help, Inspiration

4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2018

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Hello and welcome to episode 137 of The Mindful Kind, which is Part Two of myths about mindfulness!

If you haven't yet listened to Part One, be sure to go back to episode 136 to hear the first two big myths (plus a simple mindful breathing technique).

In this episode, you'll hear about three more mindfulness myths, including:

That you need a formal meditation practice in order to be mindful
That you should take time out of your day to practise mindfulness
And that it's bad for your mind to wander during your mindfulness practice

Thank you for listening and I hope you have a wonderful week, Mindful Kind!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello everybody and welcome to the mindful kind.
0:07.4	I'm your host, Rachel Cable, and I'm here to share insights into my mindfulness journey
0:12.1	and inspire you to create your own.
0:14.7	Each week, this podcast will bring fresh and exciting news about mindfulness,
0:19.4	from my personal experiences to useful tools and different
0:23.4	mindful techniques.
0:32.0	Hello and welcome to episode 137 of the Mindful Kind podcast. This is part two of myths about mindfulness.
0:40.5	So if you haven't yet listened to the first episodes, you might like to check out
0:44.1	episode 136.
0:46.1	I really hope you've been enjoying learning more about mindfulness and some of the myths about
0:51.4	it.
0:52.0	As I mentioned in the last episode, I think it's really important to understand some of the myths about it. As I mentioned in the last episode, I think it's really important to
0:55.7	understand some of the misconceptions around mindfulness so we can build stronger, more
1:01.1	authentic practices. In this episode, I'll be talking about why you don't necessarily need to
1:07.1	meditate in order to be more mindful, why mindfulness doesn't actually take a lot of time
1:12.2	to practice and why mindfulness isn't about getting rid of negative thoughts or keeping your mind
1:18.4	focused the whole way through a mindfulness practice. So first of all, let's explore why you don't
1:24.4	necessarily need to have a formal meditation practice in order to be more
1:28.5	mindful. When I first started practicing mindfulness, I often felt like I was doing a really
1:34.4	terrible job of it. I struggled to sit still. I found it difficult to concentrate and I didn't
1:41.6	like being present with my thoughts and feelings because it often felt
1:45.6	really uncomfortable. I loved the idea of mindfulness but I thought that practicing it meant I
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