When combined with traditional approaches, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy may help individuals with anxiety and depression work with rumination and troubling thoughts.

Mindfulness may improve mental health

When we multitask, our concentration levels deplete But the simple act of returning to the breath, over and over again, builds the “muscle” of attention, helping you both stay on task and recognize distractions.

Regular mindfulness practice improves mental focus

Mindfulness is no longer considered a “soft skill,” but an essential part of overall health care.

Mindful breathing can interrupt our stress and fight-or-flight reactions—meditation may “quiet” the amygdala, the area of the brain that responds to stress.

Meditation helps you navigate stress, both acute and chronic

We tend to focus on the negative. Research suggests mindfulness might help us shift gears out of our knee-jerk reactivity toward “bad” things.

Mindfulness reduces bias—toward the negative, and toward others

Meditation's popularity increased "more than threefold" in the US over the past five years, according to a new report from the CDC. Mindfulness is no longer considered a "soft skill," but an essential part of overall health care.

Meditation helps you navigate stress, both acute and chronic

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