Mindfulness is a term originally stemming from ancient Asian spiritual traditions, mainly Buddhism (Nhat Hanh, 1976), seeking liberation from human suffering. In their view, human suffering is inevitably based on human desire for things to be different than they are, creating an inner conflict between the present state and an ideal state. This conflict is constructed and maintained by the human nonaccepting and judgmental mind, separating phenomena in “good,” which should be strived for and “bad,” which should be avoided and fighted against. Mindfulness can be seen as a state of mind opposite to the state just described. This state can be cultivated, mainly by insight (vipassana) meditation, which is also an important aspect of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) intervention, the most frequently applied and researched intervention aimed at stress reduction by cultivating mindfulness,

Mindfulness is a term originally stemming from ancient Asian spiritual traditions, mainly Buddhism (Nhat Hanh, 1976), seeking liberation from human suffering. In their view, human suffering is inevitably based on human desire for things to be different than they are, creating an inner conflict between the present state and an ideal state. This conflict is constructed and maintained by the human nonaccepting and judgmental mind, separating phenomena in “good,” which should be strived for and “bad,” which should be avoided and fighted against. Mindfulness can be seen as a state of mind opposite to the state just described. This state can be cultivated, mainly by insight (vipassana) meditation, which is also an important aspect of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) intervention, the most frequently applied and researched intervention aimed at stress reduction by cultivating mindfulness,