What is Mindfulness?

People often confuse the concept of mindfulness with the idea that one should ‚Äústop and smell the roses”. The term mindfulness comes from the Buddhist religion. It is one’s capacity to avoid distraction from the present moment, but in Buddhism it also means to avoid forgetting what one already knows and to remember to do what one has an intention to do. You will also learn that since 1970s till the present that psychologists have studied the effects of Buddhist mindfulness mediation techniques.