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Self-awareness-being in tune with your emotions-may sound fairly straightforward and simple. But people tend to overestimate their level of self-awareness. Of course, we're all deeply emotional beings. Even if you think you're in touch with your emotions-perhaps you're someone who cries or laughs easÂily-you may not recognize the full spectrum of all your feelings without digging a little deeper. Becoming more self-aware is one of the benefits of mindfulness-the practice of focusing on the here and now and accepting whatever arises in our awareness without judgment. For a practice that focuses specifically on emotions, try the following exercise: 1. Sit quietly in a comfortable position and close your eyes. 2. Bring to mind something a little sad, but not overwhelming. 3. Notice where in your body you feel that sadness. 4. Place one of your hands on that part of your body in a caring, soothing way. 5. Repeat the above steps but substitute different emotions for sadness: fear, anger, joy. Increasing your awareness of these bodily sensations is fundamental to becoming more emotionally intelligent. When we examine our emotions carefully, we see that they consist of a bodily sensation accompanied by a thought, an image, or both. The more clearly we can recognize emotions in our bodies, the more clearly we know when a feeling is arising within us.
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