What I practice while being mindful

I saw a post on my feed asking about mindful tips, here are some that I practice.

1:  Visualization - I like to imagine I have a driver who takes me anywhere I would like to go, or a free pass to attend anywhere I would like with no limits of use.

2: Deep Breathing - A little advance but probably the most useful. As I have incorporated this into my daily routine I've have less setbacks and what not, with it being at 2 this month.

3: Stretching - I like to do this while deep breathing. I've notice that I'm able to release tension in my bones. I literally hear my back popping as I'm doing this. I think this is what releasing trauma from your body feels like.

4: Exercise - I've always exercised, but I do so more now in my 40's. It started very rigorous but now I just do like 15 or 25 sit ups. Maybe some squats for about 60 secs.

5: Mindful Eating - This is very difficult for me in some ways. I use to battle with achalasia, but after I added ginger to my diet I stopped have stomach spasms. I think doing that and sit-ups helped with that. So while eating without my splinter locking up isn't a issue anymore, I do have trouble taking time to eat, eating to fast.

Last thing I want to mention is mindful social activity. A lot of us are here because me battle with depression or some sort of illness mentally so sometimes you feel as though social interaction would be the cure for it. I've found that it kind of depletes my energy making it difficult for me the next day. It's like you have this diagnoses of depression or schizoaffective and you think I'm just not included into society anymore. I need to find a way to be included again, cause if I'm included then that means I'm normal and I'll accept myself again.

Social interaction is cool, especially with the right people but after awhile it becomes like keeping up with the Jones'. So that's why I say mindful social interaction. Just because your this or that doesn't mean your excluded, it just means you get to observe more thoroughly now.

~God Bless