Mindfulness Meditation: A Powerful Tool to Alleviate Stress

The fact that we live fast lives and that our environment is dynamic and changing is quite self-evident. One of the negative consequences of such environment is that the levels of stress are elevated and they tend to last a long time.

Under these circumstances, it is only logical that people resort to practices that help them alleviate some of the issues. Meditation is one such practice, and when done regularly and properly can help you deal with stress in an effective way.

Key Takeaways:

• Mindfulness based stress reduction is an 8 week group class that can be practiced at home through meditation and yoga.
• Mindfulness based cognitive therapy helps to combine both cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness based stress reduction intervention.
• Mindfulness meditation can help lower the effect and the response that stress has on the brain.

“Among the different techniques in meditation, mindfulness is one of the most common. This mindfulness method has two basic parts — attention and acceptance.”

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References:

• Women Fitness Mag (Website)
• UC San Francisco (UCSF) (YouTube Channel)