How To Live In The Moment And Why It Is Critical To Your Well-Being

Why Bother To Live In The Moment?

1. The most obvious reason to focus on NOW - it's all you've got! The past is gone; the future is not here yet. Why NOT live in the present moment?

2. It's a proven fact that it's a stress reducer to live in the moment. No past or future thoughts to cloud your awareness. Here's a post about Tolle's The Power of Now: http://agedefiance.blogspot.com/2010/06/guaranteed-natural-way-to-reduce-stress.html.

How To Live In The Moment

Yeah sure! But hey, Barbara Graham has thought of 7 Ways to Live in the Moment documented in an AARP article:

1. Make it a priority. What's more important?

2. Avoid the M-word - Multitasking.

3. Discover the sacred pause - meditation, yoga, prayer, for examples.

4. Tune into your body.

5. Do something out of the ordinary.

6. Forget your to-do list.

7. Be patient with yourself. It takes time and practice to live in the NOW.

Good luck with practicing how to live in the moment. You won't regret it!

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A Guaranteed Natural Way To Reduce Stress - Focus On The Now

Google "stress management." Go ahead.

Bet you get tons of techniques to reduce your ever-present (seemingly) always increasing stress levels.

The easiest guaranteed natural way to reduce stress lies in the saying "Stop and smell the roses." When you focus on the present moment (or the NOW), there is no past and there is no future. In fact, there are no thoughts.

Funny thing, when there are no thoughts, stress disappears. The brief moments when you are not thinking is a guaranteed natural way to reduce stress. You become "centered."

Eckhart Tolle wrote an entire series of books based on the concept described above. The most popular of this books - The Power of Now!

The best way to quickly absorb the concepts of The Power of Now turns out to be a companion book called Practicing The Power of Now. It includes readings, exercises, and meditations.

Oprah may have recommended The The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment. But if you want its message brought home in an easily read condensed format - read Practicing The Power of Now.

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