Mindfulness
What is mindfulness?
“Mindfulness is a type of meditation in which you focus on being intensely aware of what you’re sensing and feeling in the moment, without interpretation or judgment. Practicing mindfulness involves breathing methods, guided imagery, and other practices to relax the body and mind and help reduce stress.” – Mayo Clinic, Mindfulness Exercises
Read more about mindfulness on the NC Campus Well portal.
Mindfulness can help you in many ways…
- Reduce your stress and anxiety
- Increase calmness and relaxation
- Improve concentration
- Improve physical and psychological well-being
Videos
Meditation 101: A Beginner’s Guide
6 Minuted Guided Meditation
Guided Belly Breathing
Additional Resources
- Headspace – Headspace is a guided meditation app that promotes mindfulness. Most of the content requires a subscription, but there are several guided meditation recordings available free.
- Buddhify – Buddhify is an app (iOS and Android) provides categorized meditations based on what you’re doing or how you’re feeling, such as: walking, stress, difficult emotions, work break, going to sleep or waking up.
- Calm – Calm provides daily meditations through their web-based tool and app (iOS and Android) for reducing stress and anxiety, better sleep, managing emotions, and more. This tool is built for beginners and experienced meditators alike.
- Healthy Minds App – This app is a problem-solving tool to help deal with emotions and cope with stress. (available for iPhone and Android).