Everything You Want To Know About Mindfulness Meditation - Mindvalley Blog

Instructions for mindfulness meditations have been found in ancient texts of nearly every major religion, but it's Buddhism that exemplifies best mindfulness meditation: it cultivates non-judgemental awareness of yourself, your feelings, your mind and your surroundings.  

Meditation has drifted from its religious connections and has been adopted by psychologists, healthcare professionals and other secular organizations as an effective way to deal with the stress and illnesses of the modern world.

• Awareness: Focus on developing awareness. 
• Non-Judgement: Witnessing an experience or sensation without attachment or criticism.
• Peace: Though your feelings are valuable, mindfulness teaches you how to find serenity despite them.

• Emotional benefits: an effective tool for dealing with stress-based reactions like anxiety, depression, obsessive thinking, insomnia and generalized worry.
• Physical benefits: it helps you lose weight, prevents illness, keeps you healthy after cancer, improves heart health, cures insomnia.