Meditation and mindfulness are two different things.  

Meditation is a tool, that is just like a car to take you from point A to point B. You need to know where you are going when you start the car, and you need to know what you want to accomplish when you start your meditation. Your vehicle moves your body while meditation expands your imagination on a specific task. For example, when I wanted to create a class that involved with music, movement & stillness, I envisioned each step of the class clearly in my imagination during meditation many times before my actual real class, and when I had the class for the first time, I was very pleased with the way everything fit perfectly together as if I had actually done it many times before.

Mindfulness is the awareness that keeps your focus on the street when you are driving, or when you are eating, cooking, cleaning, shopping, or talking to your friends. Most of the time, we are doing all these unconsciously, that’s when we can be labeled as unaware, unconscious or ignorant.  

Spiritually, mindfulness is being aware that you are a  small part of this vast universe. It is the awareness that everything in the universe is in constant change, that your time is very short, and that your biggest problem is not as big as a speck of dust in the bigger picture. You are aware that you are a soul in a physical body, you are aware that your mind tells you things that are not true, you are aware that you are unique, loved, safe & supported.

The purpose of mindfulness is to be present at the present time and not to dwell on the past or the future. This will help you not to have any regrets or lingering negative emotions from the past, and not to spend your present moment with fear of anticipated problems.

The purpose of meditation is to enhance your awareness and mindfulness from occasional moments, to extended periods of time, and from extended periods of time to full time sensing your breath, body, and mind in relations to how you respond to everything in your life. For instance, if, and when, you are in argument with someone, and the other person yells at you, you choose not to yell back because you are aware on how you respond back to any situation from your heart and consciously choose to see the other person as someone whose emotions are boiling for some reason at that moment. 

Active meditation is to sit quietly, breathe, let go and get lost in your expanded imagination. This is a great tool for popping that stress balloon that is in your head, for bringing your awareness to the present moment, for putting you to sleep faster, for giving you the confidence to trust the universe, and for helping you see things clearly to make better and faster decisions. 

If you like to be mindful, or aware, of your short existence in this world and live a purposeful life, you’d use meditation as a tool to shut off your thoughts momentarily to feel your breath, body and soul. Once, you learn how to do it, it’ll be as easy as driving a car, and it’s totally worth it.

This is a wrap for me. 

If you are interested to learn how to meditate properly, please contact me today so I can send you the link to my Beginners Meditation Guide video. 

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Until I meet you in person,

Aloha!