How I intend to implement mindfulness into my life… Counting 100 breaths every day Needs a set time again Try to do immediately after waling my dog in the morning, as I always intended to. Why mindfulness helps Because the brain is not just an organ that thinks for us. It also breaths. Oxygen is required for the brain to work and for neoplasticism to occur. So when we breath in and out it does many things for us. It slows the mind. It calls the mind to itself. It tells the mind, I am not alone. It brings awareness to the rest of the body because we are not just a mind, we are a physical being. We are not just a mind, though thoughts can be so consuming, and can make us forget the rest of us. I have had thoughts that usurped my awareness that I needed water for my thirst or food for my hunger. I have had thoughts that made me want to do things that were not great for me all. Thoughts are not as necessary as breath. So it helps us to tak...