Benefits of Mindfulness
- Decrease stress
- Increased awareness and understanding
- Ability to identify different feelings, normalise and manage feelings
- Creates opportunities for calming the body
- Less avoidance and more approach coping
- Higher brain functioning
- Improved parenting
- Manage depression
- Lowered anxiety levels
- Increased attention and focus
- Increased clarity in thinking and perception
- Cope with life transitions
- Better manage pain
- Enhanced ability to deal with illnesses
- Experience of being calm and still
- Experience of feeling connected