We can be more present by design an environment that helps us to succeed, mainly by obliterate distractions.

When I play my sessions I'm not allowed to open up browsers, mails, videos etc. I got a script that prevents me to do that, it saves a lot of willpower that I can spend somewhere else.

I began to hide my cellphone from my view because I've found myself play with it, with no purpose, only because I'm bored.
I can do a lot of things that are useful and more enjoyable and, more importantly, at the end of the day I feel I haven't wasted another day.
I do understand that banning the phone isn't something doable for everyone, but if you can try... go without it for a day.
I can guarantee you that you will feel... free

This tricks and others can help us to live in the moment. Obv I'm nowhere near, in fact, I'm not mindful at all, but before dig into this thing, I have to clear my environment and only then I can practice mindfulness

I always like your stuff but this one is even better than ever before
thanks!

You took it to next level there. Ive been waiting for this one and the waiting was defenetly worth it. Thank you for this video. OSCAR from me!

What is the name of The song you played there?

how did you guys wrote so many comments so fast? o_O
I like the pace and voice, like doing meditation

Thank you so much , your best video by far.
It took a while for me to get better at this, but its a key turning point. You can implement the best routine ever, study a lot, but if you are not fully present while playing, you'll just end up winning probably a 50% in the long term of the winrate you are capable to generate at any moment.

OSCAR!

Needed this so many truth's have been spoken!
Thank you Chris!

The part with the Confucius quote "True knowledge is knowing the extend of one's own ignorance"

I mean I understand your point and what you mean poker wise you explain very well.
But I think it's more like a big part "stuff you don't know" within that "stuff you think you know" within that "stuff you actually know" And actually I'd argue this is personality dependent some ppl think too fondly of their own intelligence and have a bigger part of "think I know" and others are overly humble and have a bigger part "actually know" than they think they know, they actually know more than they like to admit/think. But perhaps debatable if that can be such.

Anyways lovely break to come to presence and wonderful to see the tai chi guy once again :)

enlightening magic.

Really great video, Chris Pimmer - Curiously, I am glad that I waited until now to watch it. Life-circumstances considered, I think I got a lot more out of it today than I would have a month ago (although there is definite merit to watching your videos multiple times to let the lessons really take hold). A couple of thoughts I had while watching:

Starting your day as opposed to letting your day start you. That is eye-opening for me personally. I have had a long battle with being stuck in autopilot in life a lot of the time. I work 3rd shift and have a family, and it is really difficult to be present with them when I wake up at 5pm and go straight from my bed out to the living room to interact with them. I am usually stuck thinking about how I need to wake up and about how I will need to get ready to go to work in a couple of hours. Then, when I'm at work, I just can't wait to get home. When I'm home, I can't wait to go to bed. And when I wake up, the cycle repeats.

Trying to get in the now is very deceivingly difficult. Even when "in the moment" and thinking we are there, it is possible to still not really be there. But as you have mentioned elsewhere, this sort of thing takes practice and effort to get it to become natural.

I also really liked your walking without a destination example. Surprise, surprise, this is yet another huge concept that will need to be thought about more in-depth. It makes perfect sense but yet I had never thought of it in the way that you explained it. If I take a walk to relax or to kill time, it is very easy to be there on that walk. If, however, I take a walk to get to a specific location, I am often everywhere else except on that walk. This is life-changing if one can get a proper understanding of it. I definitely need to apply this to my life, but it will also be hugely beneficial for my poker game as well.

Thank you, Chris. I appreciate you!

Wow that was really epic Chris lol with the music,

I think being present as well, in the moment, has a little stop and smelling the roses mindset. Appreciate life as it is.

“ learn to enjoy the hardship “

Wow that’s very deep, it’s so hard as well, I had a rough session yesterday and lost a few buy ins. Standard spots were I couldn’t really do anything else in some of the spots. But I started titling

In these moments is very difficult to stay level headed and play your best because your thinking about previous hands and certainly not enjoying poker at that moment, whether it was a cooler or your opponent made a bad play.

Something it reminds me of is Buddhism. In that it’s all about the path to self enlightenment, accepting the good and bad.