Mindfulness is a Buddhist-derived concept typically involving meditation practices and emphasizing sustained awareness of mental and bodily sensations, emotions, mental states, and phenomena. In the 20th century Asian and American Buddhist exponents and reformers adopted and adapted the concept into an everyday practice that became mainstream in American culture, psychology, and complementary and alternative medicine.
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