Mindfulness is a way of looking after your mind by paying close attention to what you are experiencing right now — your breath, your body, the sounds in the room — especially during quiet sitting. The idea is not to chase every thought, and not to call the feeling “good” or “bad”; you notice it, then come back to now.

Mindfulness is a way of looking after your mind by paying close attention to what you are experiencing right nowmindfulness 是一種照顧心理的方式，做法是仔細留意你此刻正在經歷的事， your breath, your body, the sounds in the room像呼吸、身體，或房間裡的聲音， especially during quiet sitting尤其是在安靜靜坐的時候。 The idea is not to chase every thought這個概念不是要去追逐每一個念頭， and not to call the feeling "good" or "bad"也不是要把這種感覺標記成「好」或「壞」， you notice it, then come back to now而是注意到它，然後回到當下。

Hospitals, schools, and phone apps teach it as a skill for feeling less rushed and less tight inside. It grew out of older Buddhist ways of sitting, though most classes today present it as mental training, not as a religion.

Hospitals, schools, and phone apps teach it as a skill for feeling less rushed and less tight inside醫院、學校和手機 App 都把它當作一種技巧，教人減少內心的匆忙和緊繃。 It grew out of older Buddhist ways of sitting它是從古老的佛教靜坐方式發展出來的， though most classes today present it as mental training, not as a religion不過現在大部分課程會把它當成心理訓練來教，而不是宗教。

People stretch the word a lot: any “slow down” poster may say mindfulness. The core picture is still that close, present-moment attention, often in quiet meditation.

People stretch the word a lot大家把這個字用得很寬鬆： any "slow down" poster may say mindfulness任何一張叫人「放慢腳步」的海報都可能寫上 mindfulness。 The core picture is still that close, present-moment attention但核心的畫面還是那種對當下的專注留意， often in quiet meditation常常是在安靜的靜坐冥想裡進行。