Mindfulness is…

Mindfulness means paying attention in a

particular way; on purpose, in the

present moment, and non judgmentally. Jon Kabor-Zinn

Mindfulness is a serene encounter with reality.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Mindfulness is the practice of paying attention – to thoughts, physical sensations, and the

environment – without constantly feeling the need to judge what’s happening or to

make it other than it is.Sarah Rudell Beach

Mindfulness is to keep the breath in mind. Keep remembering the breath each time you breathe

in, each time you breathe out.

Thanissaro Bhikkhu

Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening now without wishing it were different; enjoying the pleasant without holding on when it changes (which it will);

being with the unpleasant without fearing it will always be this way

(which it won’t). James Baraz

Mindfulness is the practice of maintaining a nonjudgmental

state of heightened or complete awareness of one's

thoughts, emotions, or experiences on a moment-

to-moment basis.Merriam Webster Dictionary

Mindfulness is loving all the details of our lives, and

awareness is the natural thing that happens; life begins to

open up, and you realize that you’re always standing at the

center of the world. Pema Chodron

Mindfulness is the gentle effort to be continuously present with experience.Jon Kabor-Zinn

Mindfulness is a state of active, open attention on the present.

When you're mindful, you observe your thoughts and feelings from a

distance, without judging them good or bad. Instead of letting

your life pass you by, mindfulness means living in the moment and

awakening to experience.Psychology Today

Mindfulness is a quality, which human beings already have, but they have usually not been advised that they have it, that it is

valuable, or that it can be cultivated. Mindfulness is the awareness that is not

thinking but which is aware of thinking, as well as aware of each of the other ways we experience the sensory world, i.e., seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, feeling through

the body. University of California Center for Mindfulness

Mindfulness is non-judgmental, open-hearted, friendly, and inviting of

whatever arises in awareness. It is cultivated by paying attention on

purpose, deeply, and without judgment to whatever arises in the present

moment, either inside or outside of us. University of California Center for Mindfulness

Mindfulness means paying attention to what is happening right now with

kindness.Siri Chandler

Mindfulness is paying attention to your life, here and now, with

kindness and curiosity. Amy Saltzman

Mindfulness is simple acceptance, described here as making friends with yourself. It is, as well, a means to unlock creativity and compassion.Chogyam Trungpa

Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn't more complicated than that. It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it. Sylvia Boorstein

Mindfulness means being aware of what’s present without greed, without aversion, without delusion. So it’s a special kind of awareness, which is a little more

precise. So there’s a fine-tuning we need to do to find that place in the mind that is aware of what’s

going on, and that also contains that ethical framework…when we’re mindful of something the

implication of being mindful is that we’re not grasping at the object or pushing it away, and, more obviously, that

we’re not deluded about it. Often in popular culture, mindfulness is taken to mean simply “be present,” rather

than how we’re relating to the present.

Joseph Goldstein

Mindfulness is an innate human capacity to

deliberately pay full attention to where we are, to our actual experience,

and to learn from it. Jack Kornfield

Mindfulness is nonjudgmental awareness of what is occurring inside and outside in successive

moments of consciousness. Robert Beatty

Mindfulness is sitting with your own feelings, some of which

are hard. Learning compassion for yourself and

from that, for others, and from that compassion to foster a world that is less likely to be

prone to war and strife.

Mindfulness is listening for the still small voice and coming to peace and calm. We get out of

the loop of thoughts and still allow the thoughts to come up and go away, which when we

allow, eventually brings a sense of peace and calm.

Mindfulness is the nonjudgmental observation

and assessment of our thoughts.

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