The Benefits of Mindfulness

There's a wonderful scene in the film Adaption where Susan Orlean, played by Meryl Streep, begins to appreciate the act of brushing her teeth after taking a drug made from a rare orchid. From the way she seems to relish this simple activity you can see that it's as if she's brushing her teeth for the first time. You may also find that brushing your teeth more mindfully and carefully leads to fewer cavities. For almost everyone our comfortable habitual resting place isOur thoughts really does seem to us like the safe place. When we're threatened that's where we're going to go.