mindfulness

IPA: mˈaɪndfʌɫnʌs

Awareness.
Inclination to be mindful or aware.
(Buddhism, psychology) Paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgementally.
A form of secular meditation practice with roots in Buddhist meditation.

Examples of "mindfulness" in Sentences

The third important step toward mindfulness is preparation.
Google the word "mindfulness" and there are around 13,600,000 entries.
i'm aware of the role that the term mindfulness plays in psychology and buddhist teachings.
Several studies show an impact on the Anterior Cingulate Cortex, or ACC, of even short-term mindfulness training.
Since we don't know where this mindfulness is coming from, there's no reason at all to conclude it is from outside nature.
I think for a mindfulness dummy like myself, the easier way to approach mindfulness is through the concept of mental space.
July 2nd, 2010 at 7: 51 pm don provan: Since we don't know where this mindfulness is coming from, there's no reason at all to conclude it is from outside nature.
Though "mindfulness" is used as a term in western Buddhism, the word they chose when they were translating from Japanese, Chinese, Hindu, Vietnamese and whatever all hodgepodge of ideas were eventually described in English, "mindfulness," is an English word over 800 years old.