Mindfulness Monday: Blue

I was finally finishing watch a show on Netflix and I was struck with an idea for Mindfulness Monday. See, on the show, when the character needed to calm down, they were supposed to call out 5 blue items they saw around them. And blue is considered one of the most calming colors.

We use the word "blue" to describe our state of being such as "feeling blue" or "I have the blues." Here it is used to express feeling very down. Even when we "sing the blues" it's about letting out the pain we feel. So in a way, singing the blues is supposed to lift us up. The color can also be associated with positive experiences, especially when we say things like "beyond the blue horizon" or "blue skies ahead." I like the visual of "clear blue water." It just feels so zen.

So for Mindfulness Monday, I thought it would be a fun experiment to take time, in all the places you go today, to take count of how much blue surrounds you. Go sit outside and identify blue. Find your most stressful place and think about how much blue surrounds you. Go to your most peaceful place and look around.

Just take stock of everything that is blue around you. Erase it as the color of sadness and replace it as the color of calm. They say blue is the color of our mind, so close your eyes, breath deep and focus on... blue...