What exactly is mindfulness and how does it relate to meditation?

Mindfulness is an activity that can be done at any time; it does not require sitting, or even focusing on the breath, but rather is done by bringing the mind to focus on what is happening in the present moment, while simply noticing the mind's usual "commentary".  Mindfulness meditation is a useful tool in dealing with many different scenarios.  Mindfulness practice is being done over various cultures and demographics.  Mindfulness consists of paying attention to an experience from moment to moment.

 Who is Jon Kabat ?

 Jon Kabat-Zinn has been promoting the benefits of mindfullness for years.  He has become a popular author and his major research pursuits lie in the emerging field of mind / body medicine, with the focus on the clinical, social, and human perfo

rmance effects of mindfulness meditation training in various populations. Jon Kabat Zinn has trained groups of judges, CEOs, business leaders, lawyers, clergy, and Olympic athletes (the 1984 Olympic Men's Rowing Team) in mindfulness.

Conclusion

Fortunately, mindfulness is not something that you have to “get” or acquire.  Thousands of people have been able to develop and sustain a meditation practice based on mindfulness, and to benefit from its stress reducing, healing, and transformational potential when practiced regularly.  Sitting meditation is the traditional core practice of mindfulness meditation.  Through regular practice, it can help you to enter and explore deep states of relaxation, become much more intimate and accepting of your body as it is, learn to work effectively with body sensations and feelings of discomfort and pain, and cultivate increasing powers of concentration (one-pointed attention) and mindfulness (a flexible, moment-to-moment, non-judging awareness).