Mindfulness as Medicine: A Story of Healing Body and Spirit

I hope that young people become more aware of the messages that you are sending to your body. Learn to cherish this life and evoke life in every cell of your body. Express confidence in your body and in its capacity to heal and transform.

My symptoms of fatigue, lethargy, dizziness, and forgetfulness became worse—and finally—I went to see a doctor.

Through my own experiences, I have learned that in these traumatic moments, if we can come back to our breath and our body and relax, we can calm the waves of pain, and then our body no longer has to continue to secrete adrenaline into the bloodstream. We sit still and stay calm, instead of being frightened and reactive.

Recognizing our restless mind is to have more love and empathy for ourselves and to cultivate concentration more diligently in our daily lives.

Another important part of healing is to be able to be aware of the improvement and the progress we make.

years. He shared with us that when he walks from his office to his secretary’s office or to a meeting room, he sings silently to himself, “Breathing, smiling. Walking, happy.” “Breathing, smiling. Walking, happy.”

This relationship we develop with our own body is most important and most concrete in true love.

Therefore, we learn to protect our thoughts about ourselves, our family members, and others. We choose to think positively, with joy and gratitude, finding ways to bring more happiness to ourselves and others.

The most important skill I’ve learned in my monastic life is to renew myself in every moment. This may take only a mindful breath, a mindful step, a smile, or a pause to look at a flower or the sky. Then I can be solid, spontaneous, and present for myself and for the blue sky, so that I can be that way for others and their difficulties.