mindfulness
Collocations
4ADJ.
other, real
VERB + MINDFULNESS
benefits, excuse, introduced, practice, practices, practicing, work
MINDFULNESS + NOUN
actions, beauty, equanimity, google, meditation, westerners
PREP.
about, in
Definitions
noun
Awareness.
Inclination to be mindful or aware.
Paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgementally.
A form of secular meditation practice with roots in Buddhist meditation.
Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese Buddhist leader who introduced mindfulness to Westerners (Google got first dibs on him as a guest speaker), once said, “The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention.”
This vogue is in part due to the real benefits of mindfulness, a form of attention and awareness often (but not always) achieved through meditation or yoga. It’s a trend for a reason. But its increasing application to every situation under the sun has some people concerned.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the trait of staying aware of (paying close attention to) yo
- heedfulness
Antonyms
- unmindfulness
- heedlessness
- inadvertence
- inadvertency
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese Buddhist leader who introduced mindfulness to Westerners (Google got first dibs on him as a guest speaker), once said, “The most precious gift we can offer anyone is ou
WiktionaryThis vogue is in part due to the real benefits of mindfulness, a form of attention and awareness often (but not always) achieved through meditation or yoga. It’s a trend for a reason. But its increasi
WiktionaryI have a mindfulness meditation practice.
Tatoeba · #2475804Mindfulness about the "now" is important in Zen.
Tatoeba · #4621277Mindfulness and other coping strategies can help ease crew stress and psychologically reframe a situation to turn negatives into positives.
Tatoeba · #8904266Read the Buddhist work "Anapanasati (Mindfulness of Breathing)."
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