Mindful meditation, brushing teeth?

[ReallyRed]

okay, this is gonna sound a little silly, but i've been reading up on and doing some practices surrounding mindful meditation and applying it to some aspects of my daily to-do list.

and oddly enough, the one thing that i think i'm the most mindful of when i do it is brushing my teeth.

i know, it's odd, but when i'm cleaning my teeth, i just tend to absorb myself in the process... feeling the bristles slide across my gums, the taste of the toothpaste, that kinda thing. of course, i do enjoy the sensation of having clean teeth, all smooth right down to the gum line so i guess i could be considered biased or whatever, still...:

what things do you do that you would consider "mindfully meditative" in your daily routine?

[MelT]

Originally Posted by ReallyRed

okay, this is gonna sound a little silly, but i've been reading up on and doing some practices surrounding mindful meditation and applying it to some aspects of my daily to-do list.

and oddly enough, the one thing that i think i'm the most mindful of when i do it is brushing my teeth.

i know, it's odd, but when i'm cleaning my teeth, i just tend to absorb myself in the process... feeling the bristles slide across my gums, the taste of the toothpaste, that kinda thing. of course, i do enjoy the sensation of having clean teeth, all smooth right down to the gum line so i guess i could be considered biased or whatever, still...:

what things do you do that you would consider "mindfully meditative" in your daily routine?

You're doing fine in the above, but in general, don't overdo being mindful and turn it into a very tight vipassana kind of practise. Doing mindfulness as a technique is to show where it is, to help point it out so that natural periods of mindfulness that you move in and out of every day will become mroe noticeable to you, and it's these natural moments that are to be cultivated. Mindfulness should be totally relaxed at all times, and should incorporate metta to stop it becoming a lifeless state of awareness that goes nowhere.

MelT

[rowo87]

Marijuana simply makes it easier to cultivate said mindfulness.

[MelT]

Originally Posted by rowo87

Marijuana simply makes it easier to cultivate said mindfulness.

Certainly does

MelT