How to Build True Power with Mindfulness
Mindfulness can help us develop inner strength and a true sense of power. How? The more aware we become of our perceptions and habits, the more readily we can choose habits and beliefs that support us. Mindfulness builds self-knowledge – and that is empowering.
If you’re curious about how to feel empowered, mindfulness is one tool that can help. Since empowerment is a feeling, it involves shifting the perceptions we have about ourselves and the world around us.
How to Feel Empowered
Developing a sense of personal empowerment does not happen overnight. Slowly but surely, through self-awareness and inner growth, we might find ourselves becoming more empowered in daily life. One key notion to keep in mind if you want to feel more empowered is to remember that empowerment, like all things, is not something we can attain forever and be done with it. We can only feel empowered in the present moment – so focus only on the here and now and let strength build from there.
One way to begin is to cultivate a toolbox of mindful habits. These habits involve being aware of our thoughts, feelings, and actions and supporting ourselves in finding the inner strength that is present beneath the layers of conditioning.
5 Mindful Habits for Inner Strength
Cultivating inner strength and a sense of personal empowerment looks different for everyone. However, there are some general mindful habits we can work on embodying in order to support our empowerment goals:
- Gratitude practice – What traits, skills, or qualities are you grateful to embody?
- Mindfulness of your beliefs – What beliefs stand in the way of you feeling truly empowered? What are you willing to let go of, even if only in this moment?
- Positive affirmations – What positive statements can you repeat to yourself before sleep or during meditation to cultivate the beliefs that will empower you?
- Solar plexus meditation – In the chakra tradition, the solar plexus chakra sits in the upper abdomen and is associated with willpower, confidence, courage, and self-empowerment. This meditation is a way to focus on and balance this chakra.
- Building True Power worksheet – This worksheet is designed to build self-awareness and help us find new ways of connecting with our own strength.
