Mindfulness meditation might be one of the classic meditations to have in your arsenal. Benefits have been widely studied. It is one of the primary forms of meditation today and is even used in psychological contexts, as a treatment for stress, depression, PTSD, anxiety, or to achieve better mental health.
For example, in 2010, Hoffman et al. conducted a meta-analysis of 39 studies that explored the use of mindfulness-based stress reduction and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. Results showed that it is a “promising intervention for treating anxiety and mood problems.”
I could go into great detail more about mindfulness, but I will rather outline an example of a simple scheme of mindfulness meditation, anchored in the breath. This meditation aims to simply breathe and be present with the breath and how it feels without analyzing or judgment over thoughts.
It sounds so simple, yet we breathe so automatically that we don’t typically concentrate on how that simple sensation actually feels. The purpose of this meditation is to simply center and focus on your breath.
Below outlines the basic script of this meditation in a few steps:
