Three micro-practices to slow down: hold someone you love and gaze into their eyes for one minute, study a leaf for three minutes, sit cross-legged outdoors with eyes closed for five minutes. Small daily challenges to increase presence.
You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life. The hustle, the bustle, the shaking, the moving. You must ruthlessly eliminate that if you want to truly enjoy life. So I have three challenges for you today. Three challenges. Challenge number one Find someone that you love, hug them.
Pull them back away from you and look into their eyes for one minute. A long hug followed by a long one minute gaze. Number two, Find a leaf or a flower and look at it. Study it for three minutes. For three minutes, a one minute eye gaze and three minutes of studying a leaf or a flower.
And number three, close your eyes and sit cross legged outdoors for five minutes. Close your eyes and sit cross legged Outdoors for five minutes. I don't care if it's your backyard at 10pm tonight or the parking lot of your office at noon today. Hold a loved one and look into their eyes for one minute. See a flat or a flower, look at it for three minutes.
And go. Be with yourself in your mind for five minutes. That's less than 10 minutes that you're going to ruthlessly eliminate hustle from your life today. Try it out and let me know what you think in the comment section below. If you like videos like this with quick tips, let me know and I'll keep doing them.
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