This is a lecture by Reid to prescribers and therapists in a ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) training. 

Too long, didn't listen? No problemo. Here are the cliff notes: (wait, do people still know what cliff notes means these days, or has that gone extinct?)

Mindfulness is...

Mindfulness is simply being aware. It’s noticing and paying attention to your thoughts, emotions, behaviors and experiences, in a non-judgemental way, on a moment to moment basis. It can be practiced at any time, wherever you are, whoever you’re with, and whatever you’re doing. Mindfulness is showing up and being fully engaged in the here and now. That means being free of both the past and the future -- the what ifs, the judgement of right or wrong, and the self-criticism. Mindfulness is a lifelong practice, and a companion to have throughout your life. It’s like an old friend we turn to when in need of inspiration, direction, or clarity.

“It cultivates access to core aspects of our own minds and bodies that our very sanity depends on,” says Jon Kabat-Zinn, from The Unexpected Power of Mindfulness Meditation. “Mindfulness, which includes tenderness and kindness toward ourselves, restores dimensions of our being. These have never actually been missing, just that we have been missing them, we have been absorbed elsewhere. When your mind clarifies and opens, your heart also clarifies and opens.”

How to practice mindfulness:

Formal sitting meditation:

Mindfulness practice during daily activities:

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