The digital age with its own pattern of rat race has somehow forced mental health to take the back seat. Deadlines, meetings, targets, regular office trips/, family roles and the the passive pressure to perform well on social media somehow does not allow most of us to engage in things that ‘once’ made us happy.

Stress, depression and anxiety are pre dominant factors which need attention but at times people are not ready to talk about it and these issues are not addressed. People go into a self blaming mode or learned helplessness often blaming fate or society  ( if needed) but the root cause of their mental health issues need attention, it helps to fix almost everything.

Most of us are living in the past or in the future. Few of us just love to live in the moment and so we are not mindful. Multitasking is a sham. The brain surely was not ‘manufactured’ to do ten tasks at a time. If slow living is not the answer, multitasking too leads to various hazards where the brain is over taxed.

Dr Joe Dispenza, an author and a famous researcher believes 35% of the thoughts we think of today are the residue of thoughts that came to us yesterday. It is a loop. A pit and so if we mostly brood over the negative, we will somehow multiply such thoughts in our life.

So what can we the solution to glue us more to the present.

We can try simple techniques. Just by attaching our sense organs to the activity we are engaged in, we can feel the difference. The feel, touch, smell vision and others surely allows us to give more weightage and space to our present when attached to the activity we are occupied with.

For example, when we watch our favourite web series, we are immersed in the scenes and characters, we hardly feel what hurt us a week ago or which task needs to be completed in the coming week. If this is practiced while eating, bathing, studying, working – there is a tendency to be in the present more. Ofcourse we must cherish the past or plan for the future but certain time of the day must  be alloted to that. Else, something within will keep pulling us, distancing us from the present moment.

Breathing mindfully, being excessively conscious of the breathe we take, the long deep exhalation too helps us to be mindful. So the way we breathe often is connected to the way we spend our day.

Our concept of life surely matters when it comes to learning to be mindful. A pessimist with a different bent of mind is prone to suffer more. Feeling depressed yet not wanting to take actions, can be volatile.

Constant movement of body breaks the stagnancy of energy in the body, yoga and meditation too can be of great help if done in a proper way.
What we inherit from our genetics is anyday difficult to transform but lifestyle and mindset can be worked upon to witness desirable changes.
If the mind is full of worries- productivity, relationship, and self growth is effected in an adverse way. A mind which is light and free from fear and worry can never face mental health issues. Even if they meet challenges, they are highly resilient and overcome soon!