The practice of mindfulness is part of an ancient system designed to end human suffering, that is the suffering we cause ourselves through our own thoughts, emotions, habits, urges and resistance.
Acceptance is one of the most helpful attitudes to bring to meditation and mindfulness practice and can have a profound and immediate impact on stress levels.
Recent research in the fields of neuroscience, epigenetics and other mind-body sciences have shed new light on our understanding of just how influential the mind is on the brain, body, experience and behaviour.