Mindfulness is about being fully awake in our lives. It is about perceiving the exquisite vividness of each moment. We also gain immediate access to our own powerful inner resources for insight, transformation, and healing.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Mindfulness is about cultivating awareness of the thoughts and emotions that you experience so that you can look at them from a distance. It is this ability that will enable you to achieve your goals with relative ease.
Scientific research using brain imaging (fMRI) has shown that a part of the brain, the insula, is very active during periods of meditation. This area is essential to our sense of connectedness to life and to others. By activating this part of the brain we become more empathetic towards others as well as towards ourselves. It is this state of mind that is fundamental for experiencing health and happiness
Effects of Mindfulness practice
Scientific research using brain imaging (fMRI) has shown that a part of the brain, the insula, is very active during periods of meditation. This area is essential to our sense of connectedness to life and to others. By activating this part of the brain we become more empathetic towards others as well as towards ourselves. It is this state of mind that is fundamental for experiencing health and happiness
Effects of Mindfulness practice
- Focus and attention
- Resilience
- Compassion and empathy
- Self-awareness
- Clarity, focus, attention
- Presence
- Increased happiness
