{"id":233,"date":"2024-09-03T15:07:28","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T15:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.recharge360.com\/15-redenen-om-te-beginnen-met-mind-fitness\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T10:17:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T10:17:24","slug":"15-reasons-to-start-with-mind-fitness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recharge360.com\/en\/blogs\/15-reasons-to-start-with-mind-fitness\/","title":{"rendered":"15 reasons to start mind fitness"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know the drill. You're exercising but your head is on work. You're in a meeting but can't concentrate. Did you know that you do<\/em> 50,000 to 70,000<\/a> thoughts in a day? Focusing your thoughts on what you are doing sometimes feels impossible. Mind fitness can help you with this.<\/em><\/p>\n

I'm going to tell you why you should start today <\/em>mind fitness<\/em><\/strong>. Think more peace of mind, less stress and more focus. By the way, did you know that there are also controversial varieties of meditation? For the scientifically interested among us, I share some more figures.<\/em><\/p>\n

But first: order out of chaos.<\/em><\/p>\n

Content<\/strong><\/h2>\n

1. The different terms-> Mindfulness-> Meditation-> Mind fitness 2. Neuroplasticity: a boost for your brain 3. Sit still or jump and scream-> Mindfulness meditation-> Mantra meditation-> Loving kindness meditation-> Movement meditation-> Contemplation meditation-> Visualizations-> Controversial forms of meditation 4. 15 reasons to start training your brain today 5. Mind fitness at #Recharge<\/p>\n

Vipassana, kundalini, mantras - do you still get it?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

You're bombarded with all sorts of different terms these days. But what exactly is the difference? And how do mindfulness, meditation and mind fitness relate to each other?<\/p>\n

Best known: mindfulness<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Mindfulness has become increasingly popular in recent years. It helps you with awareness. Awareness of the thoughts you have, awareness of what thought processes are getting in your way, awareness of how you feel.<\/p>\n

Mindfulness teaches you to do things with your full attention. And that's pretty hard with our busy lives! How long can you keep your full attention in a meeting? Without tuning out and thinking about something else?<\/p>\n

Many people think mindfulness always goes hand in hand with meditation. It doesn't. By doing something with your full attention (attending the meeting), you are already being mindful. Mindfulness in itself is nothing but having your full attention on something.<\/p>\n

So mindfulness and meditation are not necessarily the same thing?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

No, that's right. You can practice mindfulness by meditating, but also in other ways. And you can do other types of meditations besides mindfulness meditations.<\/p>\n

And what exactly does meditation entail? A few years ago when I thought of meditating, I pictured a monk sitting in a cross-legged chair for 10 hours a day. Do you recognize that image? I've since learned that meditating doesn't have to be so extreme.<\/p>\n

With meditation, you simply practice distancing yourself from your (70,000) thoughts. These thoughts follow one another at lightning speed, like cars on the highway.<\/p>\n

While meditating, you try to sit on the side of the highway, so to speak, and observe what is thundering by. Instead of wanting to hitch a ride with every car.<\/p>\n

In the most familiar form of meditation, you do this by sitting or lying down quietly with your eyes closed. You bring your attention to a particular thing (often this is your breath), and try to keep your attention there.<\/p>\n

Every time your mind wanders, try to realize that and bring your attention back to your breath. This is all it takes!<\/p>\n

So you can't actually get it wrong either!<\/strong><\/h3>\n

At the beginning, you may be lost in thought for most of your meditation. That's okay, as long as you are aware of it and can let go of the thoughts again.<\/p>\n

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