Mindfulness means maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment. Mindfulness also involves acceptance, meaning that we pay attention to our thoughts and feelings without judging them – without believing, for instance, that there is a “right” or “wrong” way to think or feel in a given moment. When we practice mindfulness, our thoughts tune in to what we’re sensing in the present moment rather than rehashing the past or imagining the future.

— Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley

Reference

Brown, B. (2017). Rising strong: How the ability to reset transforms the way we live, love, parent, and lead. New York: Penguin Random House, LLC. P. 71.