Coaching practices for Non Striving Mindfulness
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- Two seconds into trying to focus, my mind is gone
- I keep straining to "get into" a meditative state like awareness is something I have to switch on and aim
- Whenever I try to be present I end up grading myself
- A feeling shows up and I’m instantly grabbing at it or shoving it away
- The calm I find on the cushion evaporates the moment I stand up and the day grabs me
Practices that may help
- The return — working with a wandering mind
Treat mind-wandering during the body scan as the practice, not a failure — the noticing and returning is the rep.
Body Scan Meditation, Made Practical - Glimpse practice: a 10-second recognition of aware space
Pause, drop the question "What am I aware of?" and simply notice that awareness is already on.
Non-Dual Awareness, Made Practical - The attitudes of mindfulness
Cultivate the inner stances — non-judging, patience, beginner’s mind, acceptance, letting go — that make attention healing rather than harsh.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) - Non-grasping awareness: letting arise and pass
Watch thoughts, sensations, and emotions arise and dissolve without grabbing or pushing.
Shikantaza: Just Sitting - Continuous noting — extending the practice into daily activity
Maintain a running background note on mental events throughout ordinary tasks, sustaining the observer stance informally.
Noting Practice, Made Practical - Mindful movement
Bring full, present attention to slow stretches and movements, sensing the body from the inside.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) - Informal everyday mindfulness
Bring full attention to one routine daily activity — eating, washing dishes, walking — as a practice.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) - Releasing the object: sitting without a focal point
Let go of fixing attention on the breath, a mantra, or any other anchor — simply be present.
Shikantaza: Just Sitting - Mindful breathing
Anchor attention on the natural breath and return to it, gently, each time the mind wanders.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) - Use the breath as the primary anchor
Rest attention gently on the sensations of breathing — not on the idea of breathing.
Shamatha: The Buddhist Practice of Calm Abiding
Related concerns
- Mindfulness Without Meditation
Bring full attention to one routine daily activity — eating, washing dishes, walking — as a practice.
Informal everyday mindfulness
- Allowing Mindfulness
Cultivate the inner stances — non-judging, patience, beginner’s mind, acceptance, letting go — that make attention healing rather than harsh.
The attitudes of mindfulness
- Act Mindfulness Meditation
Cultivate the inner stances — non-judging, patience, beginner’s mind, acceptance, letting go — that make attention healing rather than harsh.
- Detached Mindfulness On A Budget
Detached mindfulness, developed by Adrian Wells in Metacognitive Therapy, is a mental stance of observing thoughts without engaging, analysing, or believing them — like watching clouds drift past without chasing any of them. It directly targets the extended rumination and worry that drive anxiety and depression, with growing clinical trial evidence supporting MCT overall.
- Habit Of Mindfulness
Maintain a running background note on mental events throughout ordinary tasks, sustaining the observer stance informally.
Continuous noting — extending the practice into daily activity
- Informal Mindfulness
Bring full attention to one routine daily activity — eating, washing dishes, walking — as a practice.
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