Mindfulness is the practice of focusing attention on what is happening in the present and accepting it without judgment.
Mindfulness meditation. Mindfulness is the practice of focusing attention on what is happening in the present and accepting it without judgment. Mindfulness is often learned through meditation, a method of regulating your attention by focusing on your breathing, a phrase, or an image. The practice is used to treat generalized anxiety disorder, phobias, and OCD. Some experts believe that it works, in part, by calming the body’s stress response.