How to Be Mindful on the Go | Bonus Meditation With Alexis Santos
Nov 12, 2023
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Alexis Santos, an experienced meditation teacher, discusses the importance of mindfulness in daily activities and how to cultivate mindfulness throughout the day. Topics include recognizing mental weather, practicing mindfulness in daily activities, and discovering mindfulness through meditation.
The 'on the go challenge' program focuses on integrating mindfulness into day-to-day life through cultivating moments of mindfulness and checking the mind's awareness.
Using natural awareness and gentle checking of awareness throughout the day can strengthen mindfulness and the ability to be aware in each moment.
Deep dives
Bringing Mindfulness into Daily Life
In this podcast episode, Dan Harris introduces a seven-day program called the 'on the go challenge' that focuses on bringing mindfulness into day-to-day life. The program, led by meditation teacher Alexis Santos, aims to support the continuity of awareness throughout various activities, from waking up to going to bed. The emphasis is on the quality of mindfulness and the function of awareness, rather than specific objects of attention. By cultivating moments of mindfulness and checking the mind's awareness, participants can gradually integrate mindfulness into their daily routine.
The Practice of Continuity of Awareness
Alexis Santos guides listeners through a meditation session that encourages natural awareness and the recognition of present experiences. By noticing obvious sensations, mental states, and weather patterns of the mind, individuals can strengthen mindfulness. The session emphasizes the gentle checking of awareness throughout the day, without creating tension or stress. The aim is to simply remember what is happening in each moment, whether it is seeing, hearing, or feeling, which gradually grows the practice of mindfulness and the ability to be aware throughout the day.
Try this meditation with Alexis to explore an open, easy style of practice‚ which can lead toward more awareness throughout your day.
About Alexis Santos:
Alexis has practiced and taught Insight Meditation in both the East and West since 2001. He has been a long-time student of Sayadaw U Tejaniya (a well respected meditation teacher in Burma whose teachings have attracted a global audience), and his teaching emphasizes knowing the mind through a natural and relaxed continuity -- a style of practice that's particularly useful during our crazy lives. Alexis has completed the Spirit Rock/IMS Teacher Training, teaches retreats across the globe, and currently lives in Portland, Maine.
To find this meditation in the Ten Percent Happier app, you can search for “Continuity of Awareness.”