Additional reading:

• Why Are Meditative Relaxation and Mindfulness Important?
• A Brief Primer on the Biology of Stress and How CBT Can Help
• PsychNotes: Mindfulness and Relaxation Methods

Some tips for using these audios:

• Start with the Understanding Mindfulness audios to learn about mindfulness.
• These short practice exercises are to help train your brain to be more mindful when engaged in daily activities.
• The audio format is just for convenience to help learn the material. You can also read the transcript. When you practice, however, you should engage in the behavior mindfully without listening to the audio.
• The best way to train your brain to be more mindful is to practice in short sessions throughout the day while engaged in your normal activities.
• The descriptions are an artificial way to help you get started. Eventually, the practice of mindfulness is being aware of what is described without using an inner verbal description.
• This exercise is simply paying full attention when you are engaged in a conversation with someone. Too often, when we are talking to others we are not mindful of the conversation itself. We are focused on what we want to say or we might even be thinking about something totally unrelated.