Apr 1, 2014 · Mindfulness means maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment, through a gentle, nurturing lens. Mindfulness also involves acceptance, meaning that we pay attention to our thoughts and feelings without judging them—without believing, for instance, that there’s a …

Apr 1, 2025 · Mindfulness means maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment, through a gentle, nurturing lens. Mindfulness also involves acceptance, meaning that we pay attention to our thoughts and feelings without judging them—without believing, for instance, that there’s a …

Oct 24, 2018 · Mindfulness, it turns out, may affect these disease-fighting cells. In several studies, mindfulness meditation appeared to increase levels of T-cells or T-cell activity in patients with HIV or breast cancer. This suggests that mindfulness could play a role in fighting cancer and other diseases that call upon immune cells.

Jan 10, 2020 · Mindfulness is a skill to be honed over time, at your own pace. While mindfulness alone does not replace other types of therapy for depression, it can help people in conjunction with or after other treatments, Eisendrath suggests, providing …

Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., is a professor of medicine emeritus and founding director of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program in the… View Profile More From THIS SERIES

Apr 11, 2016 · Try these mindfulness practices. As the day moves on and the inevitable back-to-back meetings start, mindfulness can help you lead shorter, more effective meetings. To avoid entering a meeting with a wandering mind, take two minutes to practice mindfulness. You can do so while you’re walking to the meeting.

Feb 9, 2015 · Mindfulness has been studied from Harvard to UCLA, from the University of Texas to the University of Wisconsin, to see if it helps with pain, immune response function, over-eating, drug addiction, pregnancy, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder. You name it, mindfulness has been tried, either to augment standard treatments or to replace them.

Oct 28, 2019 · How to Teach Mindfulness in a More Social Way March 17, 2025. Relational mindfulness practices help students cultivate awareness and connect with each other to facilitate learning and belonging. How to Get Good at Conflict March 12, 2025. According to a new book, there are tools we can learn to help us sit with conflict and grow from it.

Sep 8, 2014 · Here are a few ways that mindfulness can benefit a therapy situation, drawn from our new book, Sitting Together: Essential Skills for Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy. 1. Mindfulness can be a refuge for the therapist. A practice for therapists. 1. Start by sitting comfortably, with your back straight and eyes either softly open or closed. 2.

Oct 12, 2015 · Bajaj and Pande describe a study featuring 327 undergraduates (236 men and 91 women). The students completed a series of surveys measuring their mindfulness, life satisfaction, emotional state, and level of resilience—the ability to cope in difficult situations, and bounce back from adversity.