| "Silence is a source of great strength." | | | | author of Full Catastrophe Living and founder of a |
| Lao Tzu | | | | noted stress reduction clinic, discovered that this |
| Time management tips can, amazingly, actually be | | | | mindfulness exercise, when practiced 45 minutes daily, |
| used to enlarge your experience of time. You open | | | | helped participants reverse serious stress-based |
| your mind to journey from problem-solving time to | | | | illnesses. |
| sacred, or strong, time. | | | | 3. Stretch time by stretching your body. Yoga |
| Tapping into the power of strong time is simple. Three | | | | stretches were originally developed to help the mind |
| steps point the way. | | | | embrace the timeless. By gently directing your mind to |
| How to Create Strong Time Out of "Nothing" | | | | feel your body extend, you release muscle stiffness. |
| | | | Healing oxygen helps renew and restore your energy. |
| 1. Find time for silence daily. All arises and returns to | | | | Finally, stretching in silence while attending to your |
| silence. When quieting your mind to hear subtle sounds | | | | breath invites serenity and eliminates urgency. |
| emerge, a profound shift begins within you. Your | | | | Spending even ten or fifteen minutes stretching before |
| shoulders ease, your breath lengthens, and you | | | | meals carries another benefit. You may discover that |
| experience the spaciousness of emptiness. Listening | | | | your deepened relaxation enhances your pleasure in |
| has long been valued as a path to sacred time, | | | | your food, and helps you become satisfied with |
| because you focus only upon receiving. What reaches | | | | smaller, healthier portions. |
| your ears then falls away naturally. For this reason, | | | | Although you cannot create time, you can powerfully |
| conscious listening in quiet surroundings is called | | | | enhance your experience of time. And ultimately, you |
| "choice-less awareness". | | | | live within your experience. Remember that you can |
| 2. Conduct a body scan in solitude. Science and faiths | | | | always expand your existence by sustaining your by |
| world-wide agree that patiently tuning into subtle body | | | | health, alertness and gratitude. This is how strong time |
| sensations, from head to foot, allows your mind to | | | | makes you strong. |
| access its deep wisdom, relaxing and refreshing you. | | | | As an exercise, ask yourself: How can you start |
| By selecting a time when you won't be disturbed, even | | | | clarifying your priorities today to start finding more |
| in the small hours between night and day, you can pour | | | | time? |
| your full attention into simply being. Jon Kabat-Zinn, | | | | |