THE ART OF mindfulness
Body, mind and soul all reap the benefit of the individual being fully in the present moment, paying attention on purpose, and being wholly without judgment. This state of mind and body is defined by Dr Jon Kabat-Zinn, emeritus professor of medicine at the University of Massachusetts in the US, as “mindfulness”, and an increasing number of studies are showing that this practice has the ability to decrease emotional reactivity, stress, anxiety and irritability, as well as depression.
But how far can it go, and can it be applied to other types of issues too? For example, can we use mindfulness for issues such as racism, trauma, separation, healing connections with those around us, and having a healthy connection with our best selves?
The Mindfulness Conference 2019, held in March, worked to tackle these questions with
