MINDFULNESS Mindfulness is defined as the quality or Practising mindfulness can also help you state of being aware and present in the to savour the good moments and find moment. It is a form of meditation that can contentment in everyday life, which with be practiced anywhere at any time, and the cost of living crisis can be a significant has been shown to provide numerous boost. benefits for mental and physical health. Mindfulness can help us to feel more in Mindfulness can help combat the cost of control when everything feels out of living crisis by reducing stress and anxiety, control. It can help us to find a sense of improving sleep quality, and boosting calm amidst the storm. productivity. OUR LIFE IS SHAPED BY OUR MIND, FOR WE BECOME WHAT WE THINK There are many ways to practise When we are mindful, we are present in mindfulness, including meditation, yoga, the moment and aware of our thoughts Tai Chi and walking in nature. You can also and feelings without judgement. This be mindful in your everyday activities, such allows us to step back from our emotions as eating, drinking, washing or brushing and see the bigger picture. It gives us a your teeth. Just take a few moments to chance to make more deliberate choices focus your attention on the sensations you about how we respond to difficult are experiencing in your body and the situations. breath moving in and out of your lungs. Mindfulness can help us to cope with Mindfulness is a way of paying attention to stress, anxiety and depression. It can boost the present moment, without judgement. our immune system and increase our It is about being aware of your thoughts, resilience. And it can help us to find feelings and surroundings, and accepting meaning and purpose in difficult times. them without trying to change them.