What is Mindfulness?
In recent years, the use of mindful practices has become more prevalent in society. Mindfulness has been used in different types of programs to treat stress, improve psychological well-being as well as physical, and in some cases, improve overall quality of life. The root of mindful practices stems from Buddhist beliefs, but today, mindfulness has worked into society’s everyday use. Mindfulness encompasses a broad spectrum of ideas and practices, all with the foundation of bringing the one who practices it heightened awareness, better attention, and increased recollection. Ideally, mindfulness is practiced without bias toward any specific view, meaning that experiences or situations are merely observed rather than polarized by labels. Mindfulness can be practiced in many ways—for example, yoga, tai chi, and meditation are all forms of mindfulness designed to heighten awareness and bring attention to aspects of the body, such as breath, tension, or even state of mind or surroundings. While the empirical support for mindfulness is not dense because it is growing in popularity, the amount …show more content…
One example of these methods is priming. Per Psychology Dictionary, priming is an effect in cognitive psychology caused by exposure to a stimulus either repetitively with the intent of decreasing the time the brain takes to process the stimulus (Nugent, 2013). Priming stems off into multiple different branches as well, one of them being repetition priming. Repetition priming is the idea that prior exposure to a stimulus will affect the way that a participant will perform, behave, or acknowledge the stimulus when subsequently exposed (Nugent, Repetition Priming, 2013). In such a way that mindfulness brings awareness to a stimulus, priming has the same basis of bringing attention to a
In recent years, the use of mindful practices has become more prevalent in society. Mindfulness has been used in different types of programs to treat stress, improve psychological well-being as well as physical, and in some cases, improve overall quality of life. The root of mindful practices stems from Buddhist beliefs, but today, mindfulness has worked into society’s everyday use. Mindfulness encompasses a broad spectrum of ideas and practices, all with the foundation of bringing the one who practices it heightened awareness, better attention, and increased recollection. Ideally, mindfulness is practiced without bias toward any specific view, meaning that experiences or situations are merely observed rather than polarized by labels. Mindfulness can be practiced in many ways—for example, yoga, tai chi, and meditation are all forms of mindfulness designed to heighten awareness and bring attention to aspects of the body, such as breath, tension, or even state of mind or surroundings. While the empirical support for mindfulness is not dense because it is growing in popularity, the amount …show more content…
One example of these methods is priming. Per Psychology Dictionary, priming is an effect in cognitive psychology caused by exposure to a stimulus either repetitively with the intent of decreasing the time the brain takes to process the stimulus (Nugent, 2013). Priming stems off into multiple different branches as well, one of them being repetition priming. Repetition priming is the idea that prior exposure to a stimulus will affect the way that a participant will perform, behave, or acknowledge the stimulus when subsequently exposed (Nugent, Repetition Priming, 2013). In such a way that mindfulness brings awareness to a stimulus, priming has the same basis of bringing attention to a