Hygge Practice — A Complete Mindful Slowdown
Processing the perception of Hygge everyday, is what YOU as an individual, make it out to be. There is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ for hygge-ing with friends, family, or acquaintances. Whether you’re dining with people, or spending time alone or gardening, your thought process on hygge, and the way you feel, makes an extensive transformation to your mental health. Hygge is mentally processed differently by everybody. Hygge basically embodies your attitude, focus, and attention towards different ‘situations’. The more mindful you are towards diverse cultural understanding, the less significant is the ‘hype’ around you.
Practicing hygge regularly doesn’t take much out of your busy day. You’re bound to do whatever it takes, to feed yourself and your family. You would then usually slow down towards the evening with your favorite drink or a snack or perhaps visit a friend or even have friendly barbeque fun evening. In anything and everything you do, the ‘hygge process’ that exists in it, is the ‘concentration’ on whatever you do. Savouring each moment in quietude encompasses that deep hygge feeling. It’s best when you make moments similar to these, personal to you.
Every ‘characteristic’ in the process of hygge lies completely in the ‘concentration’ of your ‘intentional mindfulness’ of what you do. Whether you’re cooking, baking, dining indoors or outdoors, walking in the woods, visiting someone in hospital or at a rest home, and so much more than just the daily grind of life, the point is to be ‘consciously’ and ‘mindfully’ present in those moments. Making hygge your ‘intentional way of life’ and an excellent habit, will simply bring out in you, empathy towards others, and even improve your mental health. You will soon realise that nothing out there is more important than your daily composure.
When you’re in harmony with your thoughts, you automatically slowdown and begin to focus, and deeply comprehend, with sensible reasoning, over the ‘who, when, why, what, how, and where’ of what your ‘situation’ is or was. You realise the ‘hype’ around those daily ‘issues and situations’ that can’t be controlled, don’t need ‘your’ extra fuel to the existing fire. You begin to realise that though cultural differences will always exist, you will walk away graciously and unscathed. This should be your hygge process and the slowing down of your thoughts, bringing you to that much needed awareness, to realise that nothing matter ‘after a while’. Everybody moves on, no matter what had happened in the past. Not to say — and so should you, but it inevitably happens whether you choose to accept it or not. So slowdown mindfully and Hygge away happily!! Cheers!!