This is a perfect guided meditation for beginners. For many of us, we tend to be going about our busy lives living on autopilot, not conscious of our thoughts, reactions or even being attuned to our body. Mindfulness is the process of paying attention to what’s happening right now in our own experience in a curious and open way non-judgmentally. It takes us off autopilot and the constant need to go, go, go and helps us to slow down, quiet our mind and pay attention. It helps us to live in a way we can choose how we want to respond to life’s challenges versus living in a constant reactive state where we tend to regret our actions. Mindfulness gives us our power back to know when to listen to our mind and when to ignore it. We can develop good habits of the mind that lead to more inner peace and emotional freedom. Mindfulness helps us observe the mind and begin to understand how it works.