Provided that many holiday stressors are unavoidable, what would mindful holidays seem like? Would mindfulness make this time of 12 months stress-free? Would mindfulness result in more joy and cheer?
Since mindfulness is solely the practice of paying non-judgmental attention to our experience, it’s not about ‘getting rid’ of inauspicious experiences. Also, it won’t necessarily increase feelings of joy and cheer. Nevertheless, it will probably shift the best way we relate to our experience, which may help to cut back stress.
So, a mindful holiday season would seem like opening our hearts and minds to whatever our experience of it’s – with care, with patience, with compassion, and with curiosity. Mindfulness can reduce expectations, helping us to permit things to be as they’re. After we are inclined to our experience with compassion and without judgment, we make room for greater ease to enter our lives.
