{"id":414,"date":"2017-09-09T13:45:51","date_gmt":"2017-09-09T20:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/meditation\/?page_id=414"},"modified":"2019-09-16T10:44:13","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T17:44:13","slug":"mindfulness-meditation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/meditation\/mindfulness-meditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Mindfulness Meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ts-row block cf wpb_row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\">\n<div class=\"ts-row block cf wpb_row vc_inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container col-10\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_custom_1478722819414\"><strong>Mindfulness<\/strong> is a technique characterized by having a non-judgmental moment-to-moment awareness of present experiences such as thoughts, emotions, sensations and external stimuli. Mindfulness helps us be aware of where we are and what we\u2019re doing, and not be overly reactive or overwhelmed by what\u2019s going on around us. There is increasing research<span style=\"color: #444444;\"> showing that mindfulness training leads to re-wiring of the brain, which in turn has positive effects on overall well-being.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mindfulness is a technique characterized by having a non-judgmental moment-to-moment awareness of present experiences such as thoughts, emotions, sensations and external stimuli. Mindfulness helps us be aware of where we are and what we\u2019re doing, and not be overly reactive or overwhelmed by what\u2019s going on around us. There is increasing research showing that mindfulness&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30434,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-414","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30434"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":560,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/414\/revisions\/560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}