Training Your Mind: Reflection Practice

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Training our minds to accept ourselves as we are is challenging because of our fear of judgement and our expectation of perfection from ourselves. As we start thinking about ourselves and the choices we have made or are making, the key is to not judge ourselves and to not expect us to be perfect. Reflection practice is an essential part of our journey of self-acceptance. 

Each Reflection practice can be focused on what is on your mind. Start by asking yourself the following questions:

• What is causing the most passionate reaction or emotion in your mind? 
  • Keep asking yourself if that’s the most important thing on your mind until you are satisfied that it is. 
  • It is important to keep asking this question because the obvious answers may not be the real reason. 
    
• Why is that topic so important? 
  • Again keep asking yourself why is it so important until you are satisfied with the answer. 
  • It is important to keep asking this question because the obvious answers may not be the real reason. 
    
• What would you like to change about that topic? 
  
• Why do you want that change?
  • This is the most important question. Be honest and kind to yourself.