Don’t just do something, sit there. First, What It Isn’t Before I start, I’d like to give you my personal list of what I think mindfulness isn’t. 1. Learning to be nice to people 2. Saying hello to your dishes before you wash them, or learning to love your soap before you wash with it 3. Standing naked in the rain and smiling inanely 4. Moving in slow motion so that everyone behind you gets into a pile-up 5. Becoming nothingness while sitting in your underwear 6. Seeing God and/ or Santa 7. A one-way ticket to nirvana or Burning Man (same thing) 8. Leaving your old skin behind and becoming a part of everything, only thinner

Don’t just do something, sit there. First, What It Isn’t Before I start, I’d like to give you my personal list of what I think mindfulness isn’t. 1. Learning to be nice to people 2. Saying hello to your dishes before you wash them, or learning to love your soap before you wash with it 3. Standing naked in the rain and smiling inanely 4. Moving in slow motion so that everyone behind you gets into a pile-up 5. Becoming nothingness while sitting in your underwear 6. Seeing God and/ or Santa 7. A one-way ticket to nirvana or Burning Man (same thing) 8. Leaving your old skin behind and becoming a part of everything, only thinner