Embodied:
My understanding is what Donna means is that practically anything that comes in the way of mindfulness is a hindrance. I do not see how you can ‘include a distraction in your mindfulness’ when that very distraction is the obstacle to that mindfulness.
Or did you mean something else?
What I have found out, for my part, is that when a possible distraction is already there (the tv or the radio on) it does not ACT as a distraction. Most times by far,I can carry on with my ‘mindfulness’ as if there were complete silence all around. No effort is needed – I do not have to turn the tv or radio off to continue being mindful.
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