T1 talked to me about mindfulness a LOT - I read Thich Nhat Han's (Buddhist monk, probably didn't spell name properly) books, Peace is Every Step, and, the Miracle of Mindfulness. I enjoyed them, understood and accepted the concept intellectually, but did not really believe it was possible for me, did not believe I could discipline my mind in that way (eh, I really wasn't willing to do it, either, the unbelief was really unwillingness, an excuse! ). It sounded simple, and yet in its simplicity was such a HARD thing to do. But then, I also did not understand how to really practice it either -

But I don't know how it's happened ... but I seem to have experienced a shift in my mind, I don't know how else to explain, but a whole paradigm shift in my mind to where I found it both believable and possible. That I, with my supposedly undisciplined mind that loved to take multiple flight patterns and that often seemed to be 10 steps ahead of my feet (never now, always thinking about the moment ahead), could stop, slow down, be mindful, be in the moment, be disciplined and controlled in a good, healthy way ....

There are 2 sorts of things I do. One I suppose is like nightsky's 6 things .... only I try not to count the things or focus on too many at once, too stimulating to think of too many sensations. Better to just notice and feel than to think, anyway .... mindfulness is more about the noticing/feeling of sensation rather than the thinking about it, if that makes sense.
Say I am outside, on the deck. I let myself notice the blueness of the sky, the quality of the blueness, the greenness of the grass, the leaves of the trees glinting with sunlight ..... or I close my eyes and allow myself to feel the softness of the breeze sliding like silk over my skin and the heat of the sun sinking into me.
It's like opening yourself to the environment around you, letting yourself into it and it into you. Just being. Just being in that moment and that moment alone.
Sometimes I also sit in a quiet place and just notice my breaths, my heartbeat, the aliveness of my body, and love and appreciate and respect the aliveness of my body in that moment.
Perhaps one is a more external mindfulness and the other more internal.
And maybe it sounds odd. But it does work for me now in a very good way.
Not always easy, not always natural. But it does help me maintain a better balance, even in the days I struggle a LOT more with my emotions.