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Mindfulness
The big picture
Mindfulness is a meditative technique in which, rather than focusing on your breathing and body, you become aware of the present moment, calmly and non-judgementally observing your thoughts as they drift through your mind. Mindfulness allows you to observe negative thoughts before they escalate into something damaging. It has been said that mindfulness promotes general well-being, enabling you to deal with life more calmly and reducing stress, depression and anxiety.
Though its origins are in centuries-old Buddhist meditation techniques, mindfulness was first brought to the public’s attention in the late 1970s by Jon Kabat-Zinn, a molecular biologist, who started a stress-reduction clinic at Massachusetts University ...
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