If mindfulness does not come easily to you and you are not accustomed to noticing the thoughts and emotions you experience in any given moment, you may need a practice for cultivating it. Vipassana meditation is one of the most common of such practices, and many people, as well as some preliminary research, have found it to be beneficial.34 This practice will gradually guide you to a non-attached awareness of your own internal processes, often beginning with physical sensations like the breath and working up to thoughts and emotions. It trains you to notice when your attention gets sucked back
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