Hi, I'm Melli O'Brien and welcome

to your Daily Mindfulness.

So over the next seven days,

I'm going to guide you through

an introduction to mindfulness.

And hey, maybe you've arrived here

because you're dealing with some of

the challenges that come with living

in this fast paced, uncertain, and

ever changing world that we're in.

Perhaps you've been feeling stressed,

anxious, or just not feeling good

about yourself, or maybe your mind is

racing and you're not sleeping well.

Whatever it is that brings you here I

want you to know one thing, no matter

where you're at, you can train your

mind to be stronger, happier, and more

peaceful, and you can learn to live a more

meaningful life in the middle of it all.

So through practicing mindfulness, you

develop many new skills, like how to

unwind stress, how to be less reactive

and how to break free from bad habits.

And it also helps you become a

more compassionate, authentic

and lighthearted person.

And over time you can develop

an unshakable core of calm and

confidence that stays with you no

matter what life throws your way.

In fact, by practicing mindfulness

regularly, you can literally change

the structure of your brain research.

Sarah Lazar and her team at Harvard

University have shown measurable

changes in the brains of people who

participated in a mindfulness course.

So to help you get started on your

mindfulness journey, I'm going to be

sharing with you a short lesson each

day, along with a guided meditation.

Now that will take less

than 15 minutes a day.

But even with that small investment of

your time, you'll gradually begin to

notice the quality of your life changing.

So let's get started

with your first practice.