Research suggests that mindfulness practices are useful in the treatment of pain, stress, anxiety, depressive relapse, disordered eating, and addiction. Therefore, Eliza enjoins us to practice frequently. There are also studies looking into the benefits of mindfulness for those who do not suffer from these disorders, such as Mindfulness-based stress reduction.
Mindfulness involves a formal practice and an informal practice. In formal practice we take time for sitting meditation or mindfulness movement practices like yoga. Informal practice is a way of life in which we meditate as we do what we do. Also, body scanning which leant in the lesson work! It involves being present in the moments of our lives. That's it! You must be present to love, or experience peace, or joy, or contentment. When you are here you can have the experience of your life. Mindfulness involves being in each moment as it is without judgment or striving and having a kind of releasement towards things. It's a relaxed state of awareness that observes both your inner world of thoughts, feelings and sensations, and the outer world of constantly changing phenomena without trying to control anything.
Our brain, body and mind benefit a lot from mindfulness. The research shows that the changes in brain structure in regions that are associated with stress, empathy, sense of self, learning and memory. Similar research shows enhanced left frontal activity of the brain, which is thought to be a neural basis for resilience. Mindful awareness practices, of which meditation is one, may also counteract the degeneration of the