About Mindful Focused Awareness
Mindful focused awareness means being aware of your own mind. When you practice mindfulness, you cultivate more awareness and insight into each day, moment by moment.
The better we can understand our own minds (made up of thoughts and feelings), the more aware of and in control we are over our own behavior. Rather than judging and reacting what occurs in our experience, we learn to observe and respond. Mindfulness helps us conduct our lives in a way that is healthy, responsible and joyful.
In this section, you’ll learn more about Mindful focused awareness and its effects on the brain—and the benefits of teaching it to kids. Read about the work The Hawn Foundation has done with leading scientists, and why it’s important for our work to continue.


