Many people practice mindfulness and find it beneficial. But did you know that mindfulness has risks, some of which are significant? It all depends on understanding the difference between feeling good and going good.

What is Mindfulness?

Mindfulness is the practice of bringing your attention to the present, so that you begin feeling instead of doing, receiving instead of producing. By doing this you begin to eliminate distractions that destroy your mental focus and as a result you'll feel calmer. All positive, right?

Feeling good or going good?

As I write in this article which explains Mind&BodyFulness, mindfulness makes you feel better. Unfortunately, many of us need much more than just feeling good during a moment of pause. We want to go good, that is, to experience a more stable and continuous well-being during our activities and not just momentarily. In other words, most of us need to change part of ourselves and our lifestyle. Those who want to go good by transforming their bad habits into well-being, run risks with mindfulness.

The Frustration of Mindfulness

Like anything you do to detach yourself from reality for a moment, mindfulness brings your attention completely to you and your sensations in the moment. If you practice, you can create a peace of mind that you want to feel forever. And then, … you have to return to reality that doesn't respect your sensitivity and you start reacting again according to the patterns of your habits and therefore you go back to feeling like you always did. How frustrating, like when you come back from a weekend away and on Monday the stress you ran away from is right there waiting for you.

Clearly finding personal well-being by dedicating time and attention to yourself is good, just like having a calm lunch is good. But when you need to make real changes, mindfulness alone can lead you into a vain pursuit of pleasure that is the basis of any unhealthy addiction.

Transforming the vicious circle with Mind&BodyFulness

The worse you feel, the more you want things for yourself, and the harder it becomes to deal with unpleasant circumstances that always demand things from you. You may feel justified concluding that it is not possible to make changes to yourself. In order to get something lasting from a mindfulness session, you therefore need to add the ability to modify or transform your way of living, that is, your patterns, your ways of reacting to reality, and your habits. Read this article on Mind&BodyFulness to understand how to do it in practice.

Conclusion

Mindfulness is an indispensable practice to find the inner peace needed to live your well-being. On the other hand, mindfulness makes us self-centered if it does not lead to the next step: transforming our way of interacting with reality. To transform a vicious circle into a virtuous circle, Mind&BodyFulness is needed.

If you want to know more and discover how to benefit from mindfulness, start a Mind&BodyFulness training or book an informative consultation.