Chapter 1
How can mindfulness change your life?
Mindfulness has been introduced to the Western world over the past several decades in medical, health, educational, family and business settings. Mindfulness has caught on a storm and is rapidly gathering a great deal of evidence-based support and media attention. This is partly because it is so accessible and simple to learn; it is not a technique restricted by culture, religion, gender, age, educational level, physical or mental health or disability (beyond the most extreme) or wealth. Also it actually works!
Evidence for the benefits and value of mindfulness in the Western world is not actually as new as it might at first seem under the recent boom in popularity. For example, Jon Kabat-Zinn, ...
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