A recent issue of Time Magazine had a feature image on the cover for mindfulness, calling it a revolution. You might be asking; why has it become so popular? You might even wonder; what is mindfulness, really? You may even want to know how you can develop it, or why you would want to.
Here are four definitions of mindfulness, all of them accurate.
- Mindfulness is awareness.
- Mindfulness is being more present – More embodied in the moment.
- Mindfulness is calm, alert, presence with equanimity (Equanimity is being even-minded or non-judgmental).
- In the book Full Catastrophe Living, the author Jon Kabat-Zinn defines mindfulness as paying attention on purpose in the present moment without judgment.
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