Our tips for a mindful wedding
Your wedding day will be entirely dedicated to love, and you know what love needs: presence. Kindness. Listening. Whole-heartedness. Feeling and perceiving. Laughter. If you don’t let yourself soaking in every single moment and you keep seeing things from the outside, as a hesitant film director dressed in white, you are not going to feel your emotions completely. This means you’re going to remember much less than you desire. Similarly, if after crazy months of preparations you don’t allow yourself to slow down, everything will look blurred in your mind after a while. And you don’t want this, right? When the celebrations are over, photographs won’t speak for themselves, your heart will.
“Well said”, you might think, “but how can I do this?”. We know that brides are required to become crazy organizers during their preparations and this literally doesn’t help relaxing and maintaining a clear mind. What makes things even worse is that keeping everything constantly under control doesn’t make things easy when it comes to relaxing: the more you’re in control, the longer it takes you to let go and relax.
We don’t want you to be stressed on one of the most joyful days of your life, so we’re here to give you a few, easy tips on how to keep things chill. Mindful weddings require a preparation too! But it’s luckily not stressful at all. If you’re not into a yoga programme, or if you don’t have any meditations habits, start with taking 10 minutes a day all for yourself. Find a comfortable position and some privacy, close your eyes and focus on your breath for a few minutes. Breathe in deeply, let go of all the tension in your body and keep your attention on the sensation of your breath going in and out. You will soon realize that this mindful practice, on the long run, will save you dozens of impulsive choices and reactions and will help you keep a balanced mood and an open and calm mind. Re-learn to digitally disconnect and to check back in with yourself. Imagine the potential of your five senses with active mental scenarios, like how the perfume of your bouquet smells like, or how soft your gown is. Forget Facebook and Twitter for a while (at least some hours a day!) and try to experience reality as fully as you can. Talk with your trusted wing woman about your emotions and seek for help when you’re too stressed out. Last but not least: let yourself be as happy as a little girl on your wedding day! Dance, eat, sing and love with your whole heart and don’t forget to keep some comfortable shoes handy for your after party.
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