A No-Pressure Guide to Getting Started with Mindfulness Meditation

Mindfulness isn't about emptying your mind, sitting on a cushion for an hour, or reaching enlightenment on a mountaintop. That's the stereotype. The myth.

Mindfulness is simply about noticing. Noticing where you are. What you're thinking. What you're feeling. What you're doing. And realizing: you have a choice.

When we're on autopilot, we don't even realize we're reacting; we just do it.

Mindfulness slows us down enough to ask: Is this how I want to respond?