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Mindfulness is becoming increasingly popular as a secular practice to be more present to what is happening internally and externally, with a gentle curiosity and non-judgement. There are many definitions out there. This is a list of popular mindfulness definitions. Add yours!
Jon Kabat-ZInn, the father of mindfulness in Western medicine and founder of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), defines mindfulness as "paying attention on purpose, moment-to-moment, with non-judgmental awareness." Originally appearing in Buddhist teachings, mindfulness was adopted by Western medicine in the 1970s.
A simple and beautiful explanation of what mindfulness means in every day life: Mindfulness is the capacity to be aware of what is going on and what is there
being present with a quality of non-judgmental awareness, kindness, and gentle curiosity to what is happening in the moment, internally and externally.
