As I mentioned in a previous recent post, the publisher of my book, Wild Chickens and Petty Tyrants: 108 Metaphors for Mindfulness, is sponsoring Mindfulness Day, today 12 September 2011. They have invited you to contritbute your experiences with mindfulness and participate in social media:

Please share with us how you are celebrating Mindfulness Day! Have a website or a blog? We’d love to hear your thoughts, see your videos, all your creative ideas on Mindfulness, and we’ll share them on our sites. “Like” facebook.com/mindfulnessday-Offer stories and video on how mindfulness has impacted and effected you. Follow us on twitter @mindfulness_day to continue to get inspiring quotes to spark mindfulness.

Every day, in fact, every moment, can be one of mindfulness; today can be a good way to start, refresh, or deepen your mindful awareness and practice. What will you do today to mark the occasion? Here are some suggestions:

• –Eat mindfully, paying attention with sight, sound, feeling texture, smell, and taste
• –Take a mindful walk, observing the natural and human-made world with all your senses
• –Read about mindfulness
• –Practice sitting meditation
• –Open your heart with compassion to the struggles of others
• –Notice when you’ve gotten caught up in stories and come back to the felt experience of now
• –Smile and laugh
• –Simply be