Micropleasures: Delicious Small Meditations
Enjoy the moment with a bite-sized mindfulness practice
Micropleasures are small experiences of pleasure that last less than a minute. They are short meditations that explore, create and cultivate positive and pleasant thoughts and feelings in everyday life. Regular training in micropleasures helps us create a personal culture of satisfaction.
Micropleasures belong to the meditation path called Nurture Positive in the Unified Mindfulness-system. Micropleasures are a type of micropractice, and like all micropractices, they train mindfulness skills throughout the day. Micropractices are short mindfulness practices, lasting less than ten minutes, often just a minute or less.
However, micropleasures are different from usual mindfulness meditation, where we do not try to change anything in our experience. Instead, in Nurture Positive micropleasures, we actively focus on positive sensory experiences, to change for the better how we relate to the world.
A micropleasure has three steps:
- Take a break from what you are doing
- Choose a specific micropleasure
- Practice and enjoy the micropleasure and maybe share it with someone.
