What Exactly is Mindfulness?

Mindfulness is a real popular term being used all over the media these days. Mindfulness, to me, is the general term that is used to convey the effort applied to improving one's mental health. As a foundational component, meditation is often associated with mindfulness .

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I want to be very clear at the beginning that these are my opinions. I have no medical nor mental health training or experience.

What About Insomnia and Meditation

The goal of meditation in helping with insomnia would be to decrease stress. This could be brought about, for example, by using deep breathing techniques to induce a mind state that is less stressed. If one finds this to be useful, that is great. However, many may not want to go through the ritual night after night. Many may want a more natural and less forced or rigid strategy.

What in the World is ASMR

Whenever I hear people talk about suffering from insomnia, I always ask if they have tried watching any ASMR videos on YouTube. Often that will lead to being asked what is ASMR? Now you need to understand that ASMR is many things to many people. However, instead of getting stuck in the minutia, I have a simple answer that works well.

Do You Remember Bob Ross, the Happy Tree Guy?

Yeah, you know, the afro wearing painter that was on the PBS series the Joy of Painting. Bob Ross is thought of by many in the ASMR community as the Godfather of ASMR. Basically it was his soothing voice, coupled with the sound of the bristles of the brush gently scratching the canvas, that was an introduction to ASMR for many people.

ASMR is Less Formal than Meditation

To my thinking, ASMR can get some folks to the restful place needed to find sleep. The best part, ASMR does it without the rigors of mindfulness. Of course its not just me thinking this, I have been told it. See, I have a YouTube channel where I do both ASMR vids as well as mukbang eating vids. When I go too long between uploading vids, I get the complaint messages start popping in.

Here is an ASMR video I did a while back...Hope you enjoy :)

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