WHAT IS MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION?
Mindfulness is another word for awareness. Meditation techniques based on mindfulness involve cultivating a non-judgmental awareness of our moment-to-moment experience. During the course you will learn to develop this awareness by paying attention to your breath, physical sensations, thoughts and feelings through meditation techniques that will be taught in the sessions. It is not that mindfulness is the “answer” to all life’s problems. Rather, it is that all life’s problems can be seen more clearly through the lens of a clear mind. Jon Kabat-Zinn HOW DOES MINDFULNESS MEDITATION REDUCE STRESS? We know from research on stress that it is not so much the stressor itself, but how we perceive it and then how we handle it, that determines whether or not we will experience stress. Cultivating mindfulness can help us relate to our experience with less anxiety and fear. We begin to develop a more friendly and caring attitude towards ourselves and have more choice about how we relate to our expe
