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Benefits of mindfulness meditation go far beyond relaxation – here’s what it is and how to practice it

  • Written by Yuval Hadash, Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University
imageMindfulness meditation is a process of noticing difficult thoughts and feelings rather than shutting them out.Marco VDM/E+ via Getty Images

Imagine being asked to sit alone in a quiet room for 15 minutes with nothing to do – no phone, no music, no external distraction. In a well-known 2014 study, many participants found that task so...

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