Mapping modalities of self-awareness in mindfulness practice: a potential mechanism for clarifying habits of mind

To better understand the neurobiological mechanisms by which mindfulness‐based practices function in a psychotherapeutic context, this article details the definition, techniques, and purposes ascribed to mindfulness training as described by its Buddhist tradition of origin and by contemporary neurocognitive models. Included is theory of how maladaptive mental processes become habitual and automatic, both from the Buddhist and Western...