What is Mindfulness

Mindfulness is Awareness that arises through paying Attention, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgementally and in the service of self-understanding and wisdom.
(Jon Kabat-Zinn) 

At Mindfulness, here is where several connections come into play and quite often, you’ll notice recurring terms such as paying attention, in a non-judgmental way, bringing attention, acceptance to acknowledge the present moment.

An easy way to note down what Mindfulness is all about is simply:

Noticing with
Open Mind
To the present in an
Empowered state of Awareness, Attention and Acceptance

Mindfulness is simply, 3As:
Awareness, Attention and Acceptance. 

Benefits of Mindfulness

It is known across research and findings where over 8,700 research has been conducted on this practice since 1980 – 2020 (Mindfulness Research Association, 2022). Apart from the following benefits such as increased in self-awareness, perceptual shift, greater situational awareness, addiction substitution, reduced auto-matic arousal (Shonin & Van Gordon, 2016), Mindfulness practice is indeed a powerful modulator of structural and functional brain plasticity (Tang & Posner, 2012) as it is able to bring a positive effect across physical, mental health, cognitive, affective and interpersonal outcomes (Creswell, 2017).

In a nutshell if you’re looking to: 

Reduce stress levels

Elevate your well being and state of happiness

Achieve a focused mind

Gain inner peace and contentment

Mindfulness will lead you there because