Mindfulness is often learned through meditation, a method of regulating your attention by focusing on your breathing, a phrase, or an image.
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.