Reddit reviews Be Free Where You Are

A good, short book to read about mindfulness is Be Free Where You Are by Thich Nhat Hanh (the link will take you to the book on Amazon).

I do mindfulness meditation every day. It consists of sitting and focusing on my breath. I've been doing it every day since July 19 (according to the app on my phone that has a timer with a pleasant sounding bell and also has guided meditations of different lengths with and without relaxing music). It's tough "just sitting and breathing" but it seems to help with my anxiety. I had a bad experience with a customer last week and got very anxious and stressed out and down about myself, doing the meditations has definitely helped me go in to work every day. I do the short ones on my breaks at work. It's like "me time" where you just breathe and focus on breathing.

There's also mindfulness "in action". It's like breathing where you're basically living in the present moment. Your mind is in the present moment. Your body is in the present moment. Lets say your task is to wash the dishes. It's not "I'm washing dishes and thinking about what movie I want to see next and then humming a song in my head" it's "I'm washing dishes and I'm thinking about washing dishes and feeling the soap on my hands and feeling the sponge washing the dishes and then rinsing the dishes and then putting them on the drying rack. Now I pick up the next dish. Feel the sponge in my hand. (So on and so forth)" You're just there, being the experience.