Meditação mindfulness: cultivando o bem-estar e a harmonia do ser

Abstract

The practice of meditation is recognized as beneficial both for maintaining physical and mental health and for transforming and developing executive attention. Mindfulness meditation of Buddhist origin is characterized by a present-centered awareness in which every thought, feeling, or sensation is recognized and accepted without criticism or judgment. Mindfulness seeks to reduce psychological distress and cultivate positive qualities, such as well-being. This study investigates, through descriptive qualitative research, with a review of scientific production, how the cultivation of well-being can benefit from the inclusion of mindfulness meditation as a practice. It has been found that neuroscientists have proven through sophisticated experiments that the practice of meditation, in particular that which has been characterized as mindfulness, has an influence on the central nervous system, modifying the brain's activity and metabolism, even causing , structural changes in areas of the brain that favor the improvement of cognitive and emotional functions. Their practice can reduce the individual's suffering by turning their attention to the present moment, allowing them to perceive their worldview as something constructed and not as a reality, providing a state of greater balance and well-being.