Mindfulness is the practice of cultivating non-judgmental present awareness.
Here's great talk that Jon Kabat-Zin gave to Google
Here's another one, if you would like to understand the program and The origins of Mindfulness-Based-stress reduction.
These are The effects of mindfulness on the brain, the reason and the mechanism of neuroplasticity: What we practice grows!
If you wish to understand better what to think about when you practice, here are the attitudes we practice in mindfulness.
And if you think you already tried meditation and have been there before, I advise you check -
"Seven myths about meditation " by Deepak Choopra.
Want to practice?
- Here is the body scan meditation, one of the common practices of mindfulness.
- Here you will find a very short practice, guided by Jon Kabat-Zin, who invented the Mindfulness- based-stress-reduction program: The three minutes breathing space .
