How mindfulness helps.
There are several ways in which mindfulness practice produces its benefits, a greater awareness of
our thoughts and emotions when we practice paying attention more and opening to our reality, we begin
to know ourselves better.
We give ourselves the space required to recognize how we are thinking and feeling.
And because we accept reality as it is, we don't deny our own experience.
Better control of our emotions, greater awareness of our internal experiences helps us interrupt and
helpful trains of thought like rumination and resentment.
Adopting a brilliant focus also tends to be coming, which can loosen the grip of runaway emotions.
A different relationship with our thoughts.
Our minds are continuously generating thoughts as we allow these thoughts to come and go during mindfulness
practice, we start to give less weight to them.
We learn that they are simply ideas created by our minds and not necessarily a reflection of anything
meaningful.
Decrease reactivity.
As our relationship with our thoughts evolves, we become less prone to have two reactions, which are
often not in our best interest.
Mindfulness can provide a boost before we act on our initial impulse, giving us enough time to choose
a response that fits our goals and values.