Practice To Reduce Overthinking and Gain Inner Strength and Calm

Overthinking can lead to stress and anxiety, affecting decision-making and productivity. But there's a solution! Engage in body awareness, mindful breathing, or present-focused activities to stop excessive thinking. For just a few minutes at a time, feeling the heaviness in your hands, arms, legs, and feet is an effective way to be mindful throughout the day. Discover the benefits of mindfulness, including increased focus, stress management, improved well-being, and better sleep.

They say we have 70,000 thoughts per day, causing Increased stress & anxiety, difficulty with decisions, insomnia, negative self-talk, reduced productivity, mental exhaustion, and reduced resilience.

Overthinking? Try this simple practice for inner strength and calm.

We stop excessive thinking when we do ANY of these:

• Focus on and feel our body

• Focus on our breathing

• Just BE Present (feel our feet on the ground, truly taste our food, really look at and see things etc.)

Benefits of Mindfulness:

• Increase focus

• Manage your triggers

• Improve chronic stress

• Be happier and more energetic

• Reduce pain

• Strengthen Immunity

• Lower your blood pressure

• Improve cardiovascular health

• Sleep better

Feeling the heaviness in your hands, arms, legs, and feet for just a few minutes throughout the day can be a simple, yet very effective way to be mindful and get out of the over thinking mind. Here’s how to do it:

• Focus on Your Hands. Notice any sensations, such as warmth, tingling, or heaviness. Feel the weight of your hands.

• Move to Your Arms. Feel the sensation of heaviness or lightness in your forearms and upper arms. Be present with the experience.

• Observe Your Legs. Feel the weight of your thighs and lower legs. Notice any sensations.

• Feel Your Feet. Pay attention to the sensations in your feet, the contact they make with the ground.

• Stay Present. Keep bringing your focus back to the sensations in your hands, arms, legs, and feet.

• End with Full Awareness. Take a few deep breaths, and as you conclude, keep your attention on your breath and the present moment.

It really does work! Start with a minute at a time and witness the results.