Mindfulness meditation is a personal growth method for developing neutral, non-judgmental self-awareness. While practicing this method, instead of just thinking or feeling something, you simultaneously observe yourself having this thought or feeling, and you’re able to comment on it in an objective manner: “Oh, look at how this person triggered me,” or “There’s my inner critic again.” You’re in the experience and simultaneously outside it. This is different from your usual state of awareness in which you’re lost in the flow of your experience without much self-observation.

Practicing mindfulness meditation can help you get a handle on your stress and make you feel more calm and centered. Doing so can give you more choices in how you respond to life. However, it’s not a method for healing your problems. In fact, it’s often used as a way to avoid one’s problems by detaching, blissing out, etc. Mindfulness is an essential self-awareness tool but it’s only the first step in working on yourself. To truly transform issues like depression, anxiety, attention deficit, post-traumatic stress, bipolar, etc., you must learn how to process them.

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