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Benefits of Mindfulness

4/3/2015

 
​Mindfulness has been around for centuries. A significant aspect of Buddhism has recently been more mainstream in the west. Taking into consideration the busy, stressful, high-intensity lives we have, it is no surprise that mindfulness is making a comeback. 

Mindfulness has proven effective amongst people of all ages, and we are sure several people want to know everything there is to know regarding mindfulness and how they can use it for their benefit. Keep reading to learn all of this and more. 
What is Mindfulness?
Mindfulness is the art of turning one's attention to the current moment without judgment, which can be learned by meditation or other methods. It is taking a small portion of time for yourself. Using it, slow down and focus on the present. To allow yourself a few minutes to simply exist without worrying about anything else.

Mindfulness Practice
The method of developing the technique of turning one's attention to whatever is occurring in the current moment is known as a mindfulness practice. One way is to focus on breathing, sit with your eyes closed, and feel the air entering and leaving or on abdominal movements. 

Another known as Body Scanning focuses on different areas of the body and their sensations. Other ways include yoga and walking mediation. It is best, to begin with, for shorter periods to ensure focus. Once a habit has been formed, the timings can be increased according to an individual's own needs. 

To make matters easier, there are many guidebooks and apps readily available to assists you in making your experience effective. Like all thing's mindfulness requires practice to see the full benefits.

Benefits of Mindfulness
The following are the main benefits of mindfulness:

1. Stress Reduction
Many studies have been conducted that show a decrease in stress and anxiety. People's capacity to use emotion control mechanisms changes in a manner that allows them to feel emotion selectively, and the feelings they experience can be stored differently in the brain as a result of mindfulness meditation. Instead of focusing on the negative, they focus on the positive.

2. Immunity Enhancement 
In studies conducted on patients with chronic illnesses and cancer, it was found that, while mindfulness did not help the patients, it enhanced their ability to combat the pain and sickness. An examination into mindfulness for chronic low back pain patients showed that it increased patients' ability to function independently and resulted in less back pain than standard care.

3. Boosts Memory
In those practicing mindfulness, an increase in memory capacity has been found to be a benefit. People were found to have increased memory recall despite being in stressful situations.

4. General Health Improvement 
Many healthy behaviors, such as having regular health check-ups, being physically active, wearing seat belts, and avoiding cigarettes and alcohol, can be enhanced or increased by practicing mindfulness. 

Final Word
Mindfulness promotes overall well-being. It improves physical, mental, and spiritual health. This is done by allowing you to remove your focus from life's problems and focus on the here and now. It will enable you to see life from a much larger perspective. Therefore, we encourage everyone to adopt these practices. ​

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