This course will teach you how to practice mindfulness and meditation to help reduce stress, improve focus, and increase overall wellbeing. You will learn techniques to help you become more aware of your thoughts and feelings, as well as how to practice mindful breathing and meditation. Through this course, you will gain
In clinical psychology and well-being, mindfulness is the cognitive skill of, or state reached by, intentionally and on purpose maintaining moment-by-moment awareness of bodily sensations, feelings, thoughts, and immediate surroundings with a non-judgmental or equanimous attitude, counteracting [the mind's] automatic rumination and cognitive elaborations on one's experiences. The term mindfulness derives from the Pali word sati, a significant element of Buddhist traditions, and it incorporates elements from Theravada, Chan, and Tibetan Buddhist meditation techniques.