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Mindfulness123456789101112131415

Across

  • 6 Narrow the attention to one thing
  • 7 Willingness to wait without irritation
  • 9 Thankful feeling often written in a journal
  • 12 Warm care for someone who is suffering
  • 14 Noticing what is happening as it happens
  • 15 Air moving in and out, a common anchor for attention

Down

  • 1 Take mental note of a sound or sensation
  • 2 Fully here in this moment
  • 3 How you hold the body while seated quietly
  • 4 Short phrase repeated to steady the mind
  • 5 Gentle lengthening of muscles before sitting still
  • 8 Letting things be as they are, without fighting them
  • 10 Absence of sound sought on a retreat
  • 11 Brief stop before you react
  • 12 Peaceful state, free of agitation
  • 13 Slow head-to-toe check of body sensations

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Mindfulness1NO2PT3PR4MIO5SEAC6FOCUSTS7P8ATIENCETRECTUENCR9GRATITUDEAECPHT10SA11P12COMPA13SSIONAACLCUL14AWARENESSMNNEC15BREATH
  1. 1 down: NOTICE. Take mental note of a sound or sensation
  2. 2 down: PRESENT. Fully here in this moment
  3. 3 down: POSTURE. How you hold the body while seated quietly
  4. 4 down: MANTRA. Short phrase repeated to steady the mind
  5. 5 down: STRETCH. Gentle lengthening of muscles before sitting still
  6. 6 across: FOCUS. Narrow the attention to one thing
  7. 7 across: PATIENCE. Willingness to wait without irritation
  8. 8 down: ACCEPTANCE. Letting things be as they are, without fighting them
  9. 9 across: GRATITUDE. Thankful feeling often written in a journal
  10. 10 down: SILENCE. Absence of sound sought on a retreat
  11. 11 down: PAUSE. Brief stop before you react
  12. 12 across: COMPASSION. Warm care for someone who is suffering
  13. 12 down: CALM. Peaceful state, free of agitation
  14. 13 down: SCAN. Slow head-to-toe check of body sensations
  15. 14 across: AWARENESS. Noticing what is happening as it happens
  16. 15 across: BREATH. Air moving in and out, a common anchor for attention
Mindfulness1234567891011121314

Across

  • 2 Slow head-to-toe check of body sensations
  • 3 Air moving in and out, a common anchor for attention
  • 5 Thankful feeling often written in a journal
  • 6 Short phrase repeated to steady the mind
  • 9 Peaceful state, free of agitation
  • 11 Warm care for someone who is suffering
  • 13 Willingness to wait without irritation
  • 14 Fully here in this moment

Down

  • 1 How you hold the body while seated quietly
  • 2 Gentle lengthening of muscles before sitting still
  • 4 Noticing what is happening as it happens
  • 7 Take mental note of a sound or sensation
  • 8 Letting things be as they are, without fighting them
  • 10 Narrow the attention to one thing
  • 12 Absence of sound sought on a retreat
  • 14 Brief stop before you react

Print the page above, or take the medium grid as a PDF. Both carry the answer key, and large print is a setting rather than a separate file.

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Mindfulness1PO2SCAN3BRE4ATHSTWTR5GRATITUDERRT6MA7NTR8AEE9CALMOCNHTCEIES10F11COMPASSIONETC12SAU13PATIENCESLC14PRESENTANUCSEE
  1. 1 down: POSTURE. How you hold the body while seated quietly
  2. 2 across: SCAN. Slow head-to-toe check of body sensations
  3. 2 down: STRETCH. Gentle lengthening of muscles before sitting still
  4. 3 across: BREATH. Air moving in and out, a common anchor for attention
  5. 4 down: AWARENESS. Noticing what is happening as it happens
  6. 5 across: GRATITUDE. Thankful feeling often written in a journal
  7. 6 across: MANTRA. Short phrase repeated to steady the mind
  8. 7 down: NOTICE. Take mental note of a sound or sensation
  9. 8 down: ACCEPTANCE. Letting things be as they are, without fighting them
  10. 9 across: CALM. Peaceful state, free of agitation
  11. 10 down: FOCUS. Narrow the attention to one thing
  12. 11 across: COMPASSION. Warm care for someone who is suffering
  13. 12 down: SILENCE. Absence of sound sought on a retreat
  14. 13 across: PATIENCE. Willingness to wait without irritation
  15. 14 across: PRESENT. Fully here in this moment
  16. 14 down: PAUSE. Brief stop before you react
Mindfulness123456789101112131415

Across

  • 1 Peaceful state, free of agitation
  • 4 Slow head-to-toe check of body sensations
  • 8 Noticing what is happening as it happens
  • 9 Willingness to wait without irritation
  • 10 How you hold the body while seated quietly
  • 11 Thankful feeling often written in a journal
  • 12 Warm care for someone who is suffering
  • 14 Gentle lengthening of muscles before sitting still
  • 15 Narrow the attention to one thing

Down

  • 2 Short phrase repeated to steady the mind
  • 3 Brief stop before you react
  • 5 Take mental note of a sound or sensation
  • 6 Fully here in this moment
  • 7 Air moving in and out, a common anchor for attention
  • 8 Letting things be as they are, without fighting them
  • 13 Absence of sound sought on a retreat

Print the page above, or take the hard grid as a PDF. Both carry the answer key, and large print is a setting rather than a separate file.

Show the answer key
Mindfulness1CAL2MA3P4SCA5NN6PAOTRU7BT8AWARENESSRICASEECCE9PATIENCENTP10POSTUREHT11GRATITUDEN12COMPA13SSIONEIL14STRETCHN15FOCUSE
  1. 1 across: CALM. Peaceful state, free of agitation
  2. 2 down: MANTRA. Short phrase repeated to steady the mind
  3. 3 down: PAUSE. Brief stop before you react
  4. 4 across: SCAN. Slow head-to-toe check of body sensations
  5. 5 down: NOTICE. Take mental note of a sound or sensation
  6. 6 down: PRESENT. Fully here in this moment
  7. 7 down: BREATH. Air moving in and out, a common anchor for attention
  8. 8 across: AWARENESS. Noticing what is happening as it happens
  9. 8 down: ACCEPTANCE. Letting things be as they are, without fighting them
  10. 9 across: PATIENCE. Willingness to wait without irritation
  11. 10 across: POSTURE. How you hold the body while seated quietly
  12. 11 across: GRATITUDE. Thankful feeling often written in a journal
  13. 12 across: COMPASSION. Warm care for someone who is suffering
  14. 13 down: SILENCE. Absence of sound sought on a retreat
  15. 14 across: STRETCH. Gentle lengthening of muscles before sitting still
  16. 15 across: FOCUS. Narrow the attention to one thing

About Mindfulness

Mindfulness means paying attention to what is happening right now, on purpose and without judging it. Much of the practice is plainer than it sounds: sitting with a steady posture, following the breath in and out, and noticing when the mind has wandered off to lunch or last Tuesday. The body scan moves attention slowly from head to feet. Clues here cover that vocabulary, from mantra and silence to gratitude, patience, and acceptance.

Health teachers, counselors, and anyone leading a quiet start to the day will find this a useful warm-up before a short seated practice.

What is in this crossword

An 18 by 18 crossword with 6 across and 10 down, on the subject of Mindfulness.

Grid
18 x 18
Across
6
Down
10
Longest answer
ACCEPTANCE (10 letters)

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