Dr Penelope Jones - Working Posture

What is Mindfulness?

Mindfulness is a modern adaptation of an ancient Buddhist meditation style that has been around for millennia. By creating a pure and simple awareness through mindfulness we are able to learn how to disentangle ourselves from our emotions, habitual thoughts and behaviours and connect with our experience, with ourselves, and with others in a deeper and healthier way.

Mindfulness meditation significantly reduces stress and goes further than this and has a number of proven benefits that include (but is not limited to):

• Elevated immune system function


• Improved management of pain


• Improved sleep and digestion


• Improved mental function, intelligence, and memory


• Less irritability, anxiety, and depression


• Increased resilience to change


• Less frequency and duration of illnesses


• Decreased heart rate and blood pressure


• Increased energy


• Improved decision-making ability


• Improved interpersonal relationships


• Aid to smoking cessation and other bad habits


• And more…

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