Daily Tip #16 - A Different Type of Mindfulness

Here is the link for the Training Protocol

Here is the link to the Challenge Log

0:01 - Intro

Hello out there! Did you have a good weekend? It's now Monday. That means our Week-Daily Tips are starting up again. I'm Shane from MATRIX. And believe it or not, this is Tip #16. That's a whole bunch of Tips! I really didn't think I was going to be able to make this many. But here we are going strong.

0:20 – The “Easiness” of Mindfulness Training

Today, what I want to talk about is mindfulness. That's a really popular topic nowadays that some people are all about, and other people just completely throw away. And I think one of the reasons that people tend to do that is because it's a lot more challenging than people realize. Many of the activities that come with mindfulness are very, very simple. In fact, I've given a number of different ones that would qualify in this Tip series -- belly breathing, peripheral walking, PMR. These are all different things that technically are mindfulness -- the heart rate one that we did -- [because] you're having to pay attention to yourself and what you're doing. Putting away things from the outside world. While a number of those are relatively simple, they're not easy. And that's one of the big challenges with mindfulness. People will correlate simple with being easy. And that's not always the case. Sometimes when things are so simple, like belly breathing, you don't really know if you're doing it right or doing it wrong.

1:27 – Autogenics Training

That's why today I'm offering a different type of mindfulness. It's called Autogenics Training. It's similar to the PMR that we did previously. But it has a specific protocol that you have to follow. Now, even though that might not sound mindful, it very much is! You're learning to tune into your body. And because you have a specific program to follow, it's no longer as simple. It's no longer "easy". Which might make it easier to actually grasp and hold on to it and to know that you're doing it right. A simple description of what Autogenics is once or twice a day you take a period of time, -- where they recommend laying down at first because it's a little bit easier, but you can do it seated, eventually, you might be able to learn to do it standing -- you close your eyes, and you start to breathe. After a specific breathing pattern that gets you in the mood for what you're going to do, you work on starting to let one arm get heavy. And there's a specific mantra that you say as you do it: "My arm is getting heavy. My arm is getting heavier. My arm is the heaviest." This only takes a few minutes -- but ideally, as you progress through this training protocol -- you learn to really control your body. Which is why I'm so interested in Autogenics to begin with. I'm all about body control. But it's body control at the level of really being able to relax. Really being able to slow your own heart rate. If you actually get that far into the training. So, it's really, really interesting. If you want to check it out, I did post a link down below that will give you the protocol for doing the training.

3:19 – The Challenge

The other thing that I'm offering with this training is, to people on my mailing list, I'm offering a challenge. What I did was, I went and created a little tracking log. Where, if you want, you can sign up by putting your name in there -- I'm going to put mine in as well -- and you can track day by day, if you actually did some of this training or not. What I'm offering at the end of this is that if anybody is able to do as much training or more than I am, I will be giving away a free Neuro-Eval from MATRIX. That's a $200 value that you can claim if you do as much as I do. This is a really powerful way for me to incentivize myself to actually get going on this practice. Something I've been wanting to do for a very long time and haven't gotten started. And hopefully -- having that little bonus -- might incentivize you to try it as well. So, that's what's going on today.

4:10 - Summary

In summary, Autogenics. It's a more strategic pathway to mindfulness. It takes a long time, but it's totally worth the investment because of the body control that you get. The ability to relax at will. To slow down your mind. To slow down your breathing. And just step out of the anxiety that you're dealing with in this world today. And I'm offering a challenge. If you can beat me in doing more training days, you get a special prize. I hope that's incentivizing for you.

4:40 - Farewell

So, check these things out. Enjoy the challenge And I'll check back in tomorrow with our next Daily Tip!