Mindfulness is simply about being awake, aware and present for yourself and others, moment by moment. Mindfulness brings your life alive.

With some basic training in Mindfulness, such as completion of an 8-week MBSR course, you can cultivate your presence of mind. There are infinite creative possibilities for integrating Mindful awareness into your day.

Neuroscience research studies show that 15 minutes of formal mindfulness meditation 3-5 times a week enhances cognition, memory, emotional regulation, self-awareness, mental discipline.

Mindfulness can improve performance at work, presence in relationships, creativity and efficiency in decision making, and resilience when life gets challenging. This enhances quality of life, productivity and resilience, with long term lifestyle and health benefits.

Mindfulness meditation is easy, secular, scientifically-informed, and experiential, and requires no special equipment. Over an 8-week course, you cultivate mindful awareness of your unique and ever changing patterns of physical sensations, emotions and thoughts.

With attitudes of kindness, compassion, and patience you build a new relationship with yourself. You enhance self-acceptance and open space for making mindful choices for how you show up at work, for yourself, for others.

You can try out Mindful meditations using many apps, and these are a lovely introduction to the possibilities of integrating mindfulness in to your commute, while you take a walk, or during a 15 minute coffee break.

For a more layered and enriched experience, you can join an 8 week course, guided by a trained MBSR teacher, and become part of a local or online Mindfulness group. Your practice is supported, guided and enhanced by interaction with your Mindfulness coach and with the others in the group. Being present for each other, you build a lovely, warm, supportive community of practice.

Mindfulness is a skill best cultivated with the support of an experienced and trained coach.

You can easily integrate a mindful approach to your day. There is nothing added into your planning, you simply learn to apply mindful awareness and self-compassion as you go through your normal day to day activities.

Often, this creates a sense of space, freedom and agency that opens up more time for relaxation, while enhancing productivity and quality of life.

You can find a Mindfulness coach in your local area or online, and join their next 8 week course. You could try out some of their mindfulness workshops or day retreats.

Find the best way to integrate Mindfulness into your daily life and explore the ways it benefits you and your wellbeing.