Previous researches on mindfulness meditation have shown some results that influence people for many years. It shows that mindfu

Previous researches on mindfulness meditation have shown some results that influence people for many years. It shows that mindfulness meditation(26)aids in lowering blood pressure, improves immune system and brain function and minimizes pain(27)sensitivity. A new review of past literature on mindfulness now breaks down what(28)exactly it is about the practice that seems to have these beneficial effects. It offers some new(29)insight to this phenomenon. Researchers (30)defined mindfulness as "the nonjudgmental awareness of experiences in the present moment" in the Perspectives on Psychological Science study. They identified the four acting (31)components of mindfulness meditation: regulation of attention, body awareness, self-awareness and regulation of emotion.
    Each of these elements(32)exerts different impacts on us in different aspects of our lives, according to the study. For example, regulation of attention may help us be extra-aware of our bodily state. And by(33)being aware of our bodies, we are able to recognize the emotions we are currently experiencing, researchers said. The findings " unveil the conceptual and mechanistic complexity of mindfulness, providing the ’ big picture’ by arranging many findings like the pieces of a mosaic," a study researcher Britta Holzel, of Justus Liebig University and Harvard Medical School, said in a statement. A previous research from Holzel has shown that mindfulness meditation can change the structure of the brain, especially the brain regions(34)responsible for sense of self and memory.
    In that study, published in the journal Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, researchers looked at brain images of 16 people who(35)participated in an eight-week mindfulness stress reduction program.