Principles and Benefits of Mindfulness

Mindfulness is deliberately paying attention non-judgmentally.
Mindfulness encompasses both external and internal environments.
Mindfulness is being aware of what is present for you mentally, emotionally, and physically in each moment.
Mindfulness promotes awareness, balance, choice, wisdom, and acceptance of what is.
Mindfulness, quite simply put, allows you to better pay attention to and focus your mind.
With practice, mindfulness cultivates the possibility of freeing yourself of reactive, habitual patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting.
By learning to stay in the moment and practice non-attachment, mindfulness reduces stress and facilitates physical, mental, and spiritual health.
The more you practice mindfulness, the more you will get out of it!

(based loosely on materials from The Center for Mindful Eating, www.fcme.org)