• Close your eyes & notice the movement of breath through your body... in and out. 
• Mind will start wandering uncontrollably to memories, planning for something, things we wished we had done, judging ourself for having wandered, distracted to the incomplete to-do list.
• Practice...

Experience based neuroplasticity - brain continuously makes or strengthens some connections & breaks or weakens other. 

Meditation can significantly alter our experiences of stress & change our brain - 

• Function - In a Yale study...

Our experience of life is influenced by the events that happen, but more so by how we respond to them.

We have the power to choose or at least practice getting better at choosing our response to what happens in life. Mindfulness helps us do this effectively...

More than 100 psychological studies support the fact that mindfulness meditation improves increased overall wellbeing including

Psychological functions -

• Stress
• Anxiety
• Cognitive function
• Depression
• Addiction

• Technique - Attend to & accept any sensation you experience of physical pain without making any judgment of "goodness" or "badness" of that sensation. You can ask yourself - "I am feeling pain right now but can I be Ok with this feeling?"
• A Yale study showed