Kira Kelly

What is Mindfulness? Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us. The goal of mindfulness is to wake up to the inner workings of our mental, emotional, and physical processes.

What is Meditation? Meditation is exploring. It’s a special place where each and every moment is momentous. Mindfulness meditation asks us to suspend judgment and unleash our natural curiosity about the workings of the mind, approaching our experience with warmth and kindness, to ourselves and others.

How to practice Mindfulness Meditation: Mindfulness is available to us in every moment, whether through meditations and body scans, or mindful moment practices like taking time to pause and breathe when the phone rings instead of rushing to answer it.

Watch this inspiring video about meditation! (VIDEO: “YOU ARE NOT YOUR THOUGHTS”) Jon Kabat-Zinn, creator of the research-backed stress-reduction program Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, explains how mindfulness lights up parts of our brains that aren’t normally activated when we’re mindlessly running on autopilot.

This paragraph is just going to be a thanks to the website I used for these meditation tips. I encourage you to go check it out! The link will be listed below. It is a great website and very inspiring! https://www.mindful.org/meditation/mindfulness-getting-started/