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

The three components of mind training

By focusing less on your own worries and more on the potential happiness of others you actually create more headspace for yourself.

The blue sky is headspace, and it’s always there – or, rather, here.

Simply having ten minutes of resting the mind each day can feel enough.

meditation, within a mindful context, was not about stopping thoughts and controlling the mind. It was a process of giving up control, of stepping back, learning how to focus the attention in a passive way, while simply resting the mind in its own natural awareness.

By changing the way in which you see the world, you effectively change the world around you.

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.

It’s usually when we’re caught up in all the little things that we start to make mistakes.

Mindfulness means to be present, in the moment, undistracted. It implies resting the mind in its natural state of awareness, which is free of any bias or judgment.