#010: Mindful Quarantine with Arjuna O’Neal

The time of COVID-19 may have you feeling more confined, stressed or agitated. But there are simple tools, techniques and practices that can bring you a more mindful awareness of your situation. Today, Arjuna O’Neal joins me to chat about mindful awareness and how you can begin practicing it starting NOW!

Arjuna and I discuss:

• [7:00] The support system that Arjuna has found essential during these uncertain times (and how to find the right one for you)
• [16:12] One of the most important pieces of communication that you can practice daily
• [24:46] The easiest places for you to find gratitude right now
• [29:20] A very simple and tangible tool that you can access at any time
• [32:32] The four fundamentals of creating a more mindful existence (and how to implement them into your life)
• [43:36] Bringing more awareness to you and your kids lives in ways in which they can experience and understand
• [51:00] Different ways to use technology to educate and add value to your life
• [1:00:07] The simple way you can see how your family and friends are coping and maintaining balance in their lives 

If you would like some daily wisdom and good energy, then follow Arjuna on Instagram @ arjuna_oneal

You can also learn more about the impactful work Arjuna does at www.share-necessities.org

Mindful Quarantine Notes from Arjuna:

Where We Begin:  

First let's acknowledge that there’s nowhere to get to. Everything we’ll be discussing is already inside you. However, as life continues to life, we become disconnected from this reality as a birthright. Today we will be primarily focused on awareness, tools, practices and activities that support and foster our reconnection to our heart-center. 

Let’s start with taking a look at what’s right in front of us. It’s so easy to overlook some of the most valuable and accessible tools that are right in our reach, and even more so during these times. For example, breath, eye sight, hearing, movement, shelter(house), food, clean water, toilet paper and most importantly family and loved ones.

Key factors as an individual/ as household:

-Emotional & social intelligence - listening and speaking with emotional awareness

-Critical-thinking - including how all parties involved are impacted 

-Resilience - reset and persevere 

-Social responsibility - service to others e.g. add value, encouragement, affirmation 

 Now let’s look at some other obvious circumstances that can potentially distract us from being present or aware of the blessings and beauty around us. 

Mindfulness/ Awareness: 

-family dynamics

-habits and patterns

-attitude

-thinking patterns or mindset

-wants vs needs

-energy

-language

-music

-social media engagement vs consumption

-diet

-sleep

-movement/ exercise

-belief values

-triggers

-childhood trauma & wounds

-personal life story and experiences

-finances

-age

-gender

-leadership in the home

-spiritual beliefs and practices

-hormones

-size of home/ capacity 

-neighborhood/ environment 

-health conditions

-limited accessibility to particular things, e.g., bathroom or personal space

-fear, the unknown, relationship with the world in general

Tools/ practices and activities : 

Books/ literature

Heart-centered activities, e.g, cooking, games, art, documentaries, laughing and storytelling

Family games that allow for each other to open up and share

Feeling helpless -  be helpful/ be of service

Yoga/ meditation/ exercising

Affirmations

Journaling

Creative writing

Singing/ dancing

Mirror work

Sticky notes to remind me of my power at all times 

Diffuser/ essential oils 

Himalayan Salt Lap

Sound machine e.g. water , birds

Word search

Activities that don’t need devices

Allot times to process personal stuff, covid info., family and friends

Maintaining a balanced energy in the home 

Scented candles 

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