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Stress, and Mindfulness In my psychotherapy
practice, I often use mindfulness meditation and
related methods as a therapeutic intervention to
help individuals face their distressing inner and
outer experiences. Mindfulness also has
implications for immune system functioning.
Mindfulness can be defined as "awareness of
present experience, with acceptance" (Germer,
2005). To my clients, I might suggest that they
pay close attention to their thoughts, feelings,
and actions in order to become more aware. As the
great cultural icon Yogi Berra once said, "you
can see a lot by just looking". Mindfulness
involves more than present-centered awareness. It
involves a certain set of attitudes such as
acceptance, patience, gentleness, openness,
non-judgement, and non-striving. The
"non-striving" attitude is challenging for many
people because most of us have been taught (i.e.,
"conditioned") to believe that there is something
"better" to attain. The paradox for many people
is that when they "try to be at peace", they set
up an opposition to being peaceful. When
facilitating select clients in mindfulness I
sometimes state, "don't try to relax