What Is Mindfulness?

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Mindlessness includes reactivity, dissociation, automaticity, and multitasking.
This part of the brain is indispensable for our survival.
We need it to regulate vital functions and our responses to danger.
Mindfulness is about paying attention, for a purpose, in the present moment, without judging.
Mindfulness involves a combination of awareness and acceptance.
Human observation changes everything in the universe, including the mind itself.
An overfocus on the future leads to anxiety. An overfocus on the past leads to anger and depression.
Once we learn to be present in the present, we can face the future or the past.
Trauma processing only works when a client is grounded in the present.