The Headspace Guide to... Mindfulness & Meditation: 10 minutes can make all the difference

you can give up your desire to always experience pleasant things, at the same time as giving up your fear of experiencing unpleasant things, then you’ll have a quiet mind.’

Like thoughts, emotions spontaneously arise. It’s how we meet these emotions, how we respond to them that is important.

it’s vital that all three components are present: how best to approach the techniques, how best to practise the techniques, and how best to integrate the techniques.

Headspace and emotions

Traditionally, meditation students were taught first how to approach the technique, then how to practise it, before finally learning how to integrate the techniques into their everyday lives.

Meditation is simply a technique to provide you with the optimum conditions for practising the skill of mindfulness.

There was now no question in my mind that by replacing the thoughts with simple awareness, something had happened, something had changed.

Fundamental principles of training the mind

The filter of emotions