In many companies in the United States, Germany or Sweden, employees who want it can meditate. Slowing down the pace or going away for 10 minutes during the day, in the office or a small quiet room is totally beneficial and allows you to reconnect and release the pressure. Even if it does not yet exist in your professional environment, you can already bring meditation into your day at work. This is how we will gradually create "a society without violence and without stress".
Some fundamental points:
Vigilance and presence in breathing
As Fabrice Midal explains, meditation does not require any particular skill or experience: just breathe, be alert to breathing. The key is to discover the source of attention, which is also called mindfulness. Instead of wanting to change something that we do not like, we pay attention, we become present to what is. Inner observation is not a quality of the mind, it is a quality of the soul, of the consciousness of the self. With this quality of vigilance, the activities are the same but I am not the same. The world is the same, but I'm not the same. And because I'm not the same for me, the environment at work is no longer the same.
Slow down the pace in the day
There is a certain limit to which you can subject the body, too much work, too much stress is dangerous, it leads to overwork and depression. And then, a person who works too much will read quickly, speak fast and eat fast! It's an obsession and it's often not effective. Whatever she does, the stressed person will do it quickly, even when there is no need to go fast; even if she left for her morning walk, this person will go fast! Reduce your pace, go slowly and do that at work too. In general, the pace of all your activities should be reduced. Tai Chi is very good to help you but also active meditations or vipassana meditation. If you want to slow down, you will have to slow down consciously; he does not
Take meditation breaks at work
Often, as noted by psychiatrist Christophe André, "when people take a break from work, they do not observe real cuts: they just do something else. Send an SMS, make a phone call, check their email, wander on Facebook. They will, therefore, fatigue their brains differently. But above all, they are not connected to themselves. They are connected to their social network, with their social image. But not with their intimate person. So how to reconnect? For those who work in an open space, for example, it is not necessarily easy to stop, breathe, or even lie down! But it is not impossible to let go of your computer's eyes, to turn a little, to look out the window and take the time for ten breaths. To feel his breath. In a waiting room, leave your phone where it is. Take advantage of this moment to become aware of your breathing, of your body. Observe the thoughts that cross your mind. Same in the supermarket queues: instead of watching the advance of the tail or getting upset, why not savor the time offered to you by trying to live in it as best as possible? " instead of watching for the progress of the tail or getting upset, why not savor the time offered to you by trying to live in it as best as possible? " instead of watching for the progress of the tail or getting upset, why not savor the time offered to you by trying to live in it as best as possible? "
Do not take yourself seriously
We are often serious at work. It's about goals, ambitions, money, results, etc. It is good to understand that you should not take yourself seriously, not at work anymore! From the moment you start looking at life in a non-serious, playful way, all the burdens that weigh on your heart begin to disappear. All fears, anxieties, conflicts diminish. We start living with very little weight, almost without weight. The great contribution of Zen is to give an alternative to the serious man, the "businessman" ... and we must not wait for the change to come from others, it is up to us to relax and find the sense of humor.
Do dynamic meditation!
In the meditation center of Osho in India. there was a conflict between two administrators and officials of the place, and that while the spiritual teacher Osho was still alive. When a person went to explain to Osho the situation, namely the conflict. His response was incredulous: "But are not they doing Dynamic Meditation?" "But, are not they doing dynamic meditation? Osho cites dynamic meditation as it is an ideal meditation to evacuate stress or conflict and to be more centered in the day.
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