Mindfulness is the process of paying attention, in an open, nonjudgmental way, to your experience in the present moment. Dr Daniel J. Siegel, defines mindfulness as the process of developing an awareness of the present moment that is filled with COAL—curiosity, openness, acceptance and love toward our ongoing experience. Mindfulness training exercises include deliberately focusing on the breath as an anchor for your attention, maintaining an open awareness of whatever thoughts and feelings spontaneously arise in your mind and body, and deliberately directing kind and compassionate feelings towards self and others. In this article, the reader will learn about how mindfulness practice changes your brain to give you more cognitive flexibility, better control over attention, emotions, and impulses, relief from stress and anxiety, and greater brain integration and connectivity.