14 Mindfulness Tips

1. Breathe with the ocean

Engage in your Ujjayi breath and imagine the rhythmic rise and fall of gentle waves—steady, soothing, eternal.

2. Open the mind’s portal

Visualise a tiny opening at the back of the head where distracting thoughts can slowly release, creating more space inside.

3. Appreciate your body

Shift from judgment to gratitude. Honour your body for carrying you here, for showing up, for doing its best.

4. Let thoughts flow

Picture your thoughts and emotions as clouds or river water—passing, shifting, never needing to be held.

5. Prioritise feeling over form

Remember: the pose is not about how it looks, but how it feels in your body today.

6. Use props with pride

Props aren’t a sign of weakness—they’re tools of wisdom. They reduce tension and free the mind to focus inward.

7. Spiral into presence

Visualise a spiral or labyrinth. Follow its cyclical journey inward, then gently back outward.

8. Mind like water

Imagine your mind as water. Observe its ripples, its currents, its stillness—without trying to change anything.

9. Relax your shoulders

Softening the shoulders softens the whole nervous system. Let them melt down your back.

10. Offer yourself gratitude

Thank yourself for arriving on the mat. This is your sacred pause, your act of devotion to your wellbeing.

11. Grow your roots

Feel grounding roots extending from wherever your body meets the earth—feet, palms, sit bones—steadying and supporting you.

12. Choose your colour of the day

Sense a colour that resonates and let it gently wash through your body, breath, and energy field.

13. Do a full-body scan

Move your awareness from crown to toes, softening every place you land. Especially magical in Savasana.

14. Come back to your breath

Always return to this anchor. Inhale presence. Exhale release. Again and again.