Section summary in this section explored the powerful and far reaching effects of simply being fully
in our experience with greater openness, formal practices like yoga and meditation complement moments
of mindfulness and our everyday activities.
We also saw how these practices have been integrated with CBT and shown to effectively treat many conditions.
If you're working on behavioral activation or changing your thoughts, mindfulness principles will be
compatible with those practices.
It's normal to have misgivings about mindfulness, which often are based on false impressions of what
the practice is about.
If you're ready to try mindfulness for the first and for the very first time, or want to deepen your
practice.
I invite you to take the following steps and begin to notice what your mind is up to during the day.
Is it focused on the present, past, future?
Is it opening to your experience or existing day care to just notice letting go as much as possible
of judging what your mind is doing?
Choose a small number of activities to practice mindful awareness during your day.
Using the six principles begin a meditation.
A practice of meditation is a brand new brand new to you.
Start with just a few minutes a day practice incorporating the principles of mindfulness into behavioral
activation and retraining your thoughts.