News — Happiness

“Your mind is a garden and thoughts are the seeds. You can grow flowers or you can grow weeds.” Unknown This may seem a little off topic but I was recently researching lawn care! (At this stage, you may be wondering what lawn care has to do with mindfulness and zen living, well stay with me, it will become clear.) Anyway, going back to the lawn, we did some work to our garden last summer and removed a large shed where the roof had started to leak. As we have been de-cluttering and minimizing our home we found that we...

What is mindful happiness? Mindfulness brings and maintains your focus on the present moment. By doing so, you are not to dwelling on the past or the future and you are taming your mind from constant distractions. It’s about being aware of what’s going on inside us and around us without judgment. Based on this, you could say that mindful happiness is experiencing happiness by living in the moment, rather than living in the past or future, accepting yourself and your thoughts without judgement, and consciously savoring all the goodness within you and around you. Let’s expand on how mindfulness...