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I'm your host, Rachel Cable, author of the Mindfulkind book, Mindfulness Teacher and blogger at

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Hello and welcome to episode 304 of the Mindful Kind podcast about mindfulness and how it can help

you boost your energy. This is a topic I covered a little bit in my online workshop, three

secrets you need to know to level up with mindfulness.

But I think it's super interesting and I wanted to dive a little bit deeper into it on this episode. So just in case you're new to this podcast, I'll quickly describe what mindfulness

is and give you a quick example too. So mindfulness is the practice of being present in the

moment with an attitude of curiosity and open-mindedness.

People have been practicing mindfulness for thousands of years through various religions and traditions,

including Buddhism and yoga, and in more recent years, mindfulness has become more popular

thanks to its accessibility

and various research that suggests benefits including greater emotional intelligence,

improvements in cognitive skills like attention and memory, and lower stress.

I thought I'd give you a quick example of what a mindfulness practice can look like,

so imagine you've gone for a walk through a garden and this time you're not actually being very mindful.

You're thinking about a mistake you made at work last week and replaying it in your mind and worrying about what your colleagues might think of you.

When you reach the end of your walk, you can barely remember anything about your experience of walking through the garden because you were largely

focused on your thoughts about the past. Now let's take the same situation, but instead you're

practicing mindfulness as you walk. You're noticing the world around you, the colours of the flowers in the garden

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