67: Show Up Fully Challenge Day Four: Mindfulness & Using a Simple Breathing Practice to Ground Yourself

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67: Show Up Fully Challenge Day Four: Mindfulness & Using a Simple Breathing Practice to Ground Yourself

“You have access to your breath all day long!” — Carla Contreras

This podcast episode is Day Four of the Show Up Fully Five Day Challenge. You can sign up for the challenge and get the Show Up Fully Workbook & Journal here

Note: The Show Up Fully Refresh Membership Community is open! We are going to be focused on having the energy to Show Up Fully for your life here

In this episode I talk about what Mindfulness means to me and using a simple breath to bring presence and ground you during your day.

I give you a challenge to find a movement to take a deep breath like before you get out of bed, before you brush your teeth, or during a stressful moment during your day.

Journal Prompt:

1. What does Mindfulness mean to you?

2. For more head to the Workbook & Journal here

I am excited to hear your thoughts! Listen on ITUNES + Spotify Please tag me @chefcarlacontreras on Instagram so I can continue the conversation with you. Use the hashtag #showupfullypodcast

Listen to The Show Up Fully Challenge:

1. Listen to Day 1 here

2. Listen to Day 2 here

3. Listen to Day 3 here

4. Listen to Day 4 here

5. Listen to Day 5 here

Resources:

1. Listen to my podcast about the calming loving kindness affirmation that I share with my kids here

2. Listen to my conversation with my Reiki mentor Valerie Oula about fining beauty everywhere here

3. Listen to my conversation with Adrianna Naomi about working with a full cup here

Eat Well,

xo Chef Carla

PS: I just launched the Show Up Fully Community & Membership. I would love to have you join me learn more

About Chef Carla Contreras

For the last 24 + years, I’ve worked as a trained chef in: Restaurants, hotels, as a chef instructor at three culinary schools, and personal chef in New York City.

Since 2013, I have been sharing my gift of content creation with publications and brands like Better Homes and Gardens, The Wall Street Journal, Shape Magazine, justBobbi.com, Nutritious Life, Well + Good.

In my personal brand, I not only show up for the hard things, I own them and then share them with the world, like my $38,000 lesson I learned in my business and evolution of a Digital Entrepreneur over the last ten years.

In my online courses, I bring my years of experience as a trained chef, content creator, health and life coach, and meditation teacher to help you with you shift mindset around cooking & the content creation process. Learn more here

Find + Work With Carla:

Online Courses & Book: Learn more here

Instagram: @chefcarlacontreras

Full Transcript:

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Hey, it's chef Carla and welcome to show up fully. This is a podcast where I share what it's like to show up for your real life if you don't know me I'm a food stylus photographer and health coach. You can find me @itscarlacontreras on Instagram and more information in today's show notes today is day. 4 of the show up fully challenged. We are focused on rest deep nourishment movement mindfulness and water. There is a workshop and a journal to support you and there are previous episodes day one is rest. Day two is deep nourishment day 3 is movement today. We're going to talk about mindfulness now I feel like there is a lot of guilt. There is a lot of shame associated with this like I should meditate I should. Take deep breaths I should do Xy and Z Practice insert it journaling whatever you find that mindfulness practice could be for you like I should and you could be spiritual. It could be I should pray I should. Um, recite that mantra I should x y and z what I'd like you to do is to imagine balling that up right now in your hands and let's toss that away. Let's get rid of that energy of I should do anything and I said this. On day one and I'm going to bring it back here that let's create ease around mindfulness now I have 2 meditation albums I am a meditation teacher I've been meditating for my goodness probably 25 years I love mindfulness it is something that grounds me it is something that I use as an anchor in my life and I also use it for my mental health practice. So I use mindfulness in a ton of different ways today. Just going to talk about adding simple breath to your day. So I'm going to invite you before you get out of bed take a deep breath. So literally we're going to do it right now inhale through your nose. Exhale through your nose or mouth there was your mindfulness you have done it. That's it. That's all you have to do deep breath in your nose deep breath out your nose or mouth and any time during your day today.

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Things get challenging inhale through your nose exhale through your nose or mouth you have access to your breath all day long and there are beautiful things that can support you like yes I have my meditation albums. I'll put the meditation albums in the show notes you will have that support their guided meditations on a million different apps. There are a ton of resources. There's free Youtube there was free. You know Instagram there's like all these things. But mindfulness can be as simple as connecting with your breath and I feel like this is such a powerful practice that we can bring in with just a single one one deep breath one deep. Breath before you brush your teeth one deep breath before you eat your food 1 deep breath before you tuck yourself in at night and how does that shift your life I would love to hear. About your personal mindfulness practice. You can tag me, @itscarlacontreras on Instagram you can also I would love if you could share this challenge with people send it as a text message send it as an email and let me know if you have any. Questions you have any thoughts I am here to support you and to cheer you on again the show of fully workshop and workbook is in the show notes. That's a hundred percent free for you. Go get it right now I am sending you. So much love by.