Longevity Magazine

Wake up to the present moment

Mandy Johnson, mindfulness-based coach, supervisor and facilitator

Mindfulness is an innate capacity. It’s useful largely because it’s the exact opposite of ruminative thinking, which causes us to become anxious and distressed. Instead of rehashing the past or rehearsing for the future, we wake up fully, to the present moment. We learn to simply see

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