Mindfulvedana

  IS MINDFULNESS ESSENTIAL FOR WELLBEING?     What is mindfulness and how is it related to wellness? Well, in simple terms mindfulness is awareness! It is our ability to be fully present in the moment we are in, aware of what is happening around us and what is happening within us, while accepting our experience as is without judgment! Professor Jon Kabat Zin (founding Executive Director of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School) and developer of MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) program) defines it as “… paying attention in a particular way; on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.” It is a purposeful attention that gives us the opportunity to pause, reflect and then decide how to act, creating a space within us to respond rather than react.    Mindfulness has been shown to have significant psychological and physiological benefits when properly taught and practiced such as: •         Red