Mindfulness is an approach to living with greater conscious attention, intention, and skill based on specific practices that facilitate this experience. These practices help people cultivate present-centered awareness of their internal and external experience—whether painful or pleasurable—with acceptance, and without judgment.

Mindfulness practices have been shown to reduce anxiety, depression, chronic pain intensity, trauma symptoms, and emotional reactivity, as well as to promote enhanced psychological flexibility, the ability to direct and maintain attention, and resilience.[1] By helping to regulate emotions, mindfulness practice reduces the impact of negative thoughts and thought patterns, leading to decreased stress and anxiety levels.

The wide range of practices that nurture mindfulness includes yoga, tai chi, and qi gong, but the most well-known is meditation. Meditation refers to various self-awareness practices that focus on training our attention to bring

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