John Kabat-Zinn, the founder of the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, said,

Mindfulness is a way of befriending ourselves and our experience. And today we're going to show you how to incorporate mindfulness into your everyday life.

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to talk to Johanna Nichols about the benefits of practicing mindfulness and how you can start

practicing today.

Joanna, thank you so much for joining us today to talk about this incredible topic.

Hey, I'm so thankful to be here today.

My first question for you is one that I think a lot of people have. And that's, what is mindfulness and how do I

start practicing? You know, that's a great question because I think even all of us in the

mindfulness arena are still asking that question. We, in general, you know, it's awareness of one's breath, one's state of mind.

And even though there is a general definition out there, I really like to think of it as

as though we were referring to overall awareness. So when we are thinking about mindfulness,

it can seem a little intimidating. I know a lot of us can

have those pictures of a yogi sitting in bliss, you know, in this like mist, right? In the morning.

And I know for me, the mindfulness has really come into play in action, as I like to say, like in my daily life.

And one of the ways I have really figured out a different approach to mindfulness is becoming

aware of our senses, right? Our sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch. A perfect example of this is if you've ever been on a walk with a toddler, right?

They're like, look at this.

Ooh, do you hear the birds?

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