<unk>  has been defined in modern psychological terms as "paying attention to relevant aspects of experience in a nonjudgmental manner", and maintaining attention on present moment experience with an attitude of openness and acceptance. Meditation is a platform used to achieve<unk> . Both practices,<unk>  and meditation, have been "directly inspired from the Buddhist tradition" and have been widely promoted by Jon Kabat-Zinn.<unk>  meditation has been shown to have a positive impact on several psychiatric problems such as depression and therefore has formed the basis of<unk>  programs such as<unk> -based cognitive therapy,<unk> -based stress reduction and<unk> -based pain management. The applications of<unk>  meditation are well established, however the<unk>  that underlie this practice are yet to be fully understood. Many tests and studies on soldiers with PTSD have shown tremendous positive results in decreasing stress levels and being able to cope with problems of the past, paving the way for more tests and studies to normalize and accept mindful based meditation and research, not only for soldiers with PTSD, but numerous mental inabilities or disabilities.<unk>  Meditation Four components of<unk>  meditation have been proposed to describe much of the<unk> of action by which<unk>  meditation may work: attention regulation, body awareness, emotion regulation, and change in perspective on the self. All of the components described above are connected to each other. For example, when a person is triggered by an external stimulus, the executive attention system attempts to maintain a mindful state. There is also a heightened body awareness such as a rapid heartbeat which triggers an emotional response. The response is then regulated so that it does not become habitual, but constantly changes from moment to moment experience. This eventually leads to a change in the perspective of the self.
Mechanisms of mindfulness meditation
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Effects of meditation
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