{"id":7513,"date":"2018-02-11T09:35:27","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T08:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/?p=7513"},"modified":"2025-09-19T15:03:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T15:03:19","slug":"mindfulness-a-beginners-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/sportstyle\/mindfulness-a-beginners-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"La pleine conscience : guide pour d\u00e9butants"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- post header -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumn\">\n    <div class=\"col breadcrumb\">\n        <a href=\"\/fr\/\">Accueil<\/a>\/\n        <a href=\"\/fr\/category\/sportstyle\/\">Sportstyle<\/a>\/\n        La pleine conscience : Un guide pour les d\u00e9butants\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row rowPostHeaderImage headerImageAnim\">\n    <div class=\"scrollAnim\" \n        id=\"postHeaderImage\"\n         style=\"width:100%;position:relative;overflow:hidden;        aspect-ratio:2        ;\" >\n    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n        class=\"\"\n        src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Meditation_H.jpg\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;        object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n    \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide rowPostHeader\">\n    <div id=\"postHeaderText\" class=\"col tcenter\" >\n        <div class=\"cat\"><a class=\"secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/category\/sportstyle\/\">Sportstyle<\/a><\/div>\n        <div id=\"headerSocialIcons\" class=\"headerSocialIcons tleft\">\n            <a class=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Ffr%2Fsportstyle%2Fmindfulness-a-beginners-guide%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Ffr%2Fsportstyle%2Fmindfulness-a-beginners-guide%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"x\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/sportstyle\/mindfulness-a-beginners-guide\/&#038;text=\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Ffr%2Fsportstyle%2Fmindfulness-a-beginners-guide%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <h1 class=\"\" >La pleine conscience<\/h1>\n        <div class=\"articleintro\" >Guide du d\u00e9butant<\/div>\n        <div class=\"date\">11 f\u00e9vrier 2018 <\/div>\n\n        <div id=\"\" class=\"headerSocialIconsMobile tcenter mobile\">\n            <a class=\"sharing\" id=\"mobileshare\" onclick='navigator.share({ \"title\": &quot;Mindfulness: A beginner&#x27;s guide&quot;, \"text\": &quot;Most of us are used to living fast-paced lives. 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Jongler entre le travail, la vie sociale, les obligations quotidiennes et la pression (auto-impos\u00e9e) de la performance peut s'av\u00e9rer fatigant. Lorsque l'\u00e9puisement devient la norme, le d\u00e9sir de faire une pause semble in\u00e9vitable. Ressentez-vous vous aussi le besoin de faire une pause ? Le mot magique pourrait \u00eatre \u201cpleine conscience\u201d.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><br\/>Il n'existe pas de d\u00e9finition classique de la pleine conscience. \u00c0 la base, la pleine conscience signifie <strong>\u00eatre pleinement pr\u00e9sent<\/strong>. En outre, il d\u00e9crit un \u00e9tat dans lequel on est \u201cdans l'instant\u201d, c'est-\u00e0-dire v\u00e9ritablement conscient de ses sentiments, de ses pens\u00e9es et de ce qui se passe \u00e0 l'ext\u00e9rieur. Pour la plupart des gens, c'est loin d'\u00eatre une seconde nature. S'inqui\u00e9ter du lendemain, ressasser la journ\u00e9e d'hier, passer en revue sa liste de choses \u00e0 faire - voil\u00e0 le genre de r\u00e9flexion int\u00e9rioris\u00e9e qui nous fait sortir de l'instant pr\u00e9sent. La pratique de la pleine conscience peut nous aider \u00e0 tenir le stress quotidien \u00e0 distance. Britta H\u00f6lzel, neuroscientifique et psychologue dipl\u00f4m\u00e9e de l'Institut de la pleine conscience et de la m\u00e9diation de Munich, explique : <em>\u201cGr\u00e2ce \u00e0 une pratique syst\u00e9matique, la pleine conscience peut nous aider \u00e0 rester centr\u00e9s sur ce qui est important malgr\u00e9 les distractions, \u00e0 rester \u00e9quilibr\u00e9s face \u00e0 des situations difficiles et \u00e0 agir avec plus de cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9 et de compassion dans le monde rapide d'aujourd'hui.\u201d<\/em>.<br\/>\n<br\/><strong>La pleine conscience est directement li\u00e9e \u00e0 la m\u00e9ditation.<\/strong> La m\u00e9ditation vient du mot latin \u201cmeditatio\u201d, qui signifie \u201ccontempler\u201d ou \u201cr\u00e9fl\u00e9chir\u201d. La pratique de la m\u00e9ditation a pour but de promouvoir l'attention et la s\u00e9r\u00e9nit\u00e9 gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 un vaste ensemble d'exercices de concentration et de prise de conscience, par exemple par le biais d'une respiration contr\u00f4l\u00e9e. Des millions de personnes dans le monde ne jurent que par la m\u00e9ditation et des entreprises telles que PUMA ont compris les avantages potentiels qu'une m\u00e9ditation r\u00e9guli\u00e8re peut offrir \u00e0 leurs employ\u00e9s. Roman Klein, directeur des ressources humaines et du d\u00e9veloppement strat\u00e9gique des ressources humaines chez PUMA, souligne que <em>\u201cLes effets d'une pratique r\u00e9guli\u00e8re de la m\u00e9ditation sont : une pens\u00e9e et une action claires, plus d'\u00e9nergie et de cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9, une plus grande capacit\u00e9 de concentration, plus de patience et d'empathie, ainsi qu'une pens\u00e9e positive.\u201c<\/em>.<br\/>\n<br\/>La m\u00e9ditation a ses <strong>Des racines dans l'Inde ancienne<\/strong>. La date exacte de son apparition fait l'objet d'un d\u00e9bat. Les premiers \u00e9crits sur la m\u00e9ditation remontent \u00e0 environ 1 500 ans avant notre \u00e8re et sont li\u00e9s \u00e0 la philosophie hindoue du v\u00e9dantisme. D'autres formes de m\u00e9ditation sont apparues des centaines d'ann\u00e9es plus tard, entre 600 et 500 avant notre \u00e8re, dans la Chine tao\u00efste et l'Inde bouddhiste. Des pratiques similaires \u00e0 la m\u00e9ditation \u00e9taient \u00e9galement courantes dans le christianisme m\u00e9di\u00e9val, mais elles ont fini par \u00eatre interdites.<br\/>\n<br\/>Il a fallu plusieurs si\u00e8cles pour que la m\u00e9ditation, le yoga et d'autres pratiques traditionnellement orientales deviennent le centre d'int\u00e9r\u00eat des soci\u00e9t\u00e9s occidentales. C'est surtout dans les ann\u00e9es 1960 et 1970 que des enseignements spirituels et philosophiques ont \u00e9t\u00e9 diffus\u00e9s. <strong>enracin\u00e9e dans l'hindouisme et le bouddhisme<\/strong> est devenue extr\u00eamement populaire dans la culture occidentale dominante. Jon Kabat-Zinn, biologiste mol\u00e9culaire am\u00e9ricain, est consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme le p\u00e8re de la pratique moderne de la pleine conscience dans les cultures occidentales. Dans les ann\u00e9es 1970, il a mis au point un programme de r\u00e9duction du stress bas\u00e9 sur la pleine conscience (mindfulness-based stress reduction, MBSE), qui est encore pratiqu\u00e9 aujourd'hui. Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 la m\u00e9ditation, au yoga et au \u201cbalayage corporel\u201d, les participants apprennent \u00e0 r\u00e9duire le stress par la prise de conscience mentale.<br\/>\n<br\/>La pleine conscience est peut-\u00eatre \u201c\u00e0 la mode\u201d, mais le concept n'est pas encore tout \u00e0 fait au point.\u00a0<strong>un soutien scientifique impressionnant<\/strong>. Comme l'explique le Dr Britta H\u00f6lzel : <em>\u201cLes recherches men\u00e9es ces derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es sugg\u00e8rent que la pratique de la pleine conscience a des effets b\u00e9n\u00e9fiques sur la sant\u00e9 physique et mentale et le bien-\u00eatre. La recherche en neurosciences a d\u00e9montr\u00e9 que l'entra\u00eenement \u00e0 la pleine conscience s'accompagne de changements dans la structure et la fonction des r\u00e9gions du cerveau qui soutiennent les processus d'autor\u00e9gulation, ce qui permet de comprendre les m\u00e9canismes d'action potentiellement sous-jacents\u201d<\/em>.<br\/>\n<br\/>Supposons que vous ne soyez pas en cong\u00e9 sabbatique ou en train de faire une retraite de yoga en Inde : comment commencer ? Paradoxalement, les applications sont un excellent moyen de se reconnecter \u00e0 soi-m\u00eame et de pratiquer la pleine conscience. Nous avons dress\u00e9 une liste d'applications qui peuvent vous aider \u00e0 vous d\u00e9stresser, \u00e0 soulager votre anxi\u00e9t\u00e9 et \u00e0 vous initier \u00e0 la m\u00e9ditation :<br\/>\n<br\/><strong>Espace de t\u00eate<\/strong><br\/>\n<br\/>Headspace promet \u201cla m\u00e9ditation guid\u00e9e et la pleine conscience\u201d. Il convient parfaitement aux d\u00e9butants et propose un pack de base gratuit qui \u201cvous guide \u00e0 travers les \u00e9l\u00e9ments essentiels de la m\u00e9ditation\u201d.<br\/>\n<br\/><strong>Calme<\/strong><br\/>\n<br\/>Calm a pour but de vous aider \u00e0 m\u00e9diter, \u00e0 vous d\u00e9tendre et \u00e0 mieux dormir. L'application propose notamment des histoires apaisantes pour s'endormir en toute s\u00e9r\u00e9nit\u00e9.<br\/>\n<br\/><strong>Buddhifier<\/strong><br\/>\n<br\/>Buddhify s\u00e9duit par son \u201capproche authentique de la pleine conscience moderne\u201d. L'application propose une s\u00e9rie de m\u00e9ditations personnalis\u00e9es, en fonction de l'endroit o\u00f9 vous vous trouvez (\u00e0 la maison, pendant une pause au travail ou en marchant dans la ville, par exemple) ou de ce qui vous pr\u00e9occupe en ce moment, comme un sentiment de stress.<br\/>\n<br\/><strong>S'arr\u00eater, respirer et r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir<\/strong><br\/>\n<br\/>Stop, Breathe &amp; Think vous encourage \u00e0 \u201ctrouver la paix n'importe o\u00f9\u201d. L'application comprend (sans s'y limiter) des m\u00e9ditations class\u00e9es par th\u00e8mes et par \u00e9motions, comme la gratitude, la gentillesse, la compassion, le pardon ou la joie.<br\/>\n<br\/>Que vous d\u00e9cidiez ou non de commencer votre voyage de pleine conscience \u00e0 l'aide d'une application, nous vous encourageons \u00e0 essayer et \u00e0 d\u00e9couvrir les bienfaits d'une m\u00e9ditation r\u00e9guli\u00e8re.<br\/>\n<br\/>\u00a0<br\/>\n<br\/>Image par wingmar\/iStock<br\/>\n<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row category header -->\n<div class=\"row rowCategoryHeader\" style=\"grid-template-columns:1fr\">\n    <div class=\"col\" style=\"display: flex; align-items: baseline;\">\n        <h2 class=\"bgPuma\">\n            <span>Qu'y a-t-il d'autre ?<\/span>\n        <\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"row articleMulti4 spacing\">\n\t    <div class=\"col articleTeaser\" >\n\t\t\t<a class=\"hoverzooma  scrollAnim\" href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/sportstyle\/lost-in-thought-playlist\/\" \n\t\t\t     tabindex=\"-1\" \n\t\t\t    id=\"4523\"\n\t\t\t     style=\"width:100%;position:relative;overflow:hidden;\t\t\t    aspect-ratio:1\t\t\t    ;\" >\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n\t\t\t    class=\"hoverZoom\"\n\t\t\t    src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PlaylistNovember.jpg\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;\t\t\t    object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/category\/sportstyle\/\" class=\"secondary2\" style=\"margin-top: 17px;\">Sportstyle<\/a>\n\t        <h4>Liste de lecture des pens\u00e9es perdues<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"description shortExcerpt\">\n\t\t\t\tAlors que nos derni\u00e8res listes de lecture CATch up \u00e9taient ax\u00e9es sur la motivation et l'autonomisation par la musique, nous avons choisi cette fois-ci un ton plus doux. Nous avons dress\u00e9 une liste de chansons qui stimuleront votre esprit et vos \u00e9motions.\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/sportstyle\/lost-in-thought-playlist\/\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-trp-gettext=\"\">lire l&#8217;histoire<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t    <div class=\"col articleTeaser\" >\n\t\t\t<a class=\"hoverzooma  scrollAnim\" href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/sportstyle\/more-than-a-fit-body\/\" \n\t\t\t     tabindex=\"-1\" \n\t\t\t    id=\"4678\"\n\t\t\t     style=\"width:100%;position:relative;overflow:hidden;\t\t\t    aspect-ratio:1\t\t\t    ;\" >\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n\t\t\t    class=\"hoverZoom\"\n\t\t\t    src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mentalhealth_H.jpg\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;\t\t\t    object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/category\/sportstyle\/\" class=\"secondary2\" style=\"margin-top: 17px;\">Sportstyle<\/a>\n\t        <h4>Plus qu'un corps en forme<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"description shortExcerpt\">\n\t\t\t\tOui, faire de l'exercice procure une sensation agr\u00e9able et am\u00e9liore consid\u00e9rablement votre bien-\u00eatre physique g\u00e9n\u00e9ral. Il renforce la force, l'endurance et l'\u00e9nergie. En outre, l'activit\u00e9 physique peut r\u00e9duire le risque de maladies telles que les maladies cardiaques ou le diab\u00e8te de type 2. Bien que les muscles et un corps en forme soient certainement agr\u00e9ables, les effets positifs de l'exercice physique vont bien au-del\u00e0.\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/sportstyle\/more-than-a-fit-body\/\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-trp-gettext=\"\">lire l&#8217;histoire<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t    <div class=\"col articleTeaser\" >\n\t\t\t<a class=\"hoverzooma  scrollAnim\" href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/sportstyle\/the-art-of-hiking\/\" \n\t\t\t     tabindex=\"-1\" \n\t\t\t    id=\"5416\"\n\t\t\t     style=\"width:100%;position:relative;overflow:hidden;\t\t\t    aspect-ratio:1\t\t\t    ;\" >\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n\t\t\t    class=\"hoverZoom\"\n\t\t\t    src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Han_Hiking_H.jpg\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;\t\t\t    object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/category\/sportstyle\/\" class=\"secondary2\" style=\"margin-top: 17px;\">Sportstyle<\/a>\n\t        <h4>L'art de la randonn\u00e9e<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"description shortExcerpt\">\n\t\t\t\tEn collaboration\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/sportstyle\/the-art-of-hiking\/\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-trp-gettext=\"\">lire l&#8217;histoire<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La plupart d'entre nous sont habitu\u00e9s \u00e0 vivre \u00e0 un rythme effr\u00e9n\u00e9. Jongler entre le travail, la vie sociale, les obligations quotidiennes et la pression (auto-impos\u00e9e) de la performance peut s'av\u00e9rer fatigant. Lorsque l'\u00e9puisement devient la norme, le d\u00e9sir de faire une pause semble in\u00e9vitable. Ressentez-vous vous aussi le besoin de faire une pause ? Le mot magique pourrait \u00eatre \u201cpleine conscience\u201d.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7515,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_top_article":false,"is_featured_article":true,"EasyPostViewCounter":1275,"meta-headline":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"class_list":["post-7513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sportstyle"],"fullData":{"ID":7513,"post_author":"5","post_date":"2018-02-11 09:35:27","post_date_gmt":"2018-02-11 08:35:27","post_content":"<!-- wp:puma\/row-post-header {\"image\":{\"width\":1140,\"height\":640,\"file\":\"2017\/11\/Meditation_H.jpg\",\"filesize\":65247,\"sizes\":{\"medium\":{\"file\":\"Meditation_H-300x168.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":168,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":5755},\"large\":{\"file\":\"Meditation_H-1024x575.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":575,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":35850},\"thumbnail\":{\"file\":\"Meditation_H-150x150.jpg\",\"width\":150,\"height\":150,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":2990},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"Meditation_H-768x431.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":431,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":22488},\"trp-custom-language-flag\":{\"file\":\"Meditation_H-18x10.jpg\",\"width\":18,\"height\":10,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":405}},\"image_meta\":{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"0\",\"keywords\":[]},\"id\":7515,\"alt\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Meditation_H.jpg\",\"title\":\"Meditation_H\",\"aspect_ratio\":1.78125,\"focalPointLeft\":0.5,\"focalPointTop\":0},\"headline\":\"Mindfulness\",\"content\":\"A beginner's guide\"} \/--><!-- wp:puma\/row-text-single {\"content\":\"\\u003cspan class=\\u0022textStyle_intro\\u0022\\u003eMost of us are used to living fast-paced lives. Juggling jobs, social lives, everyday obligations and (self-imposed) pressure to perform can be tiresome. When feeling exhausted becomes the norm, the desire to take a break seems to be inevitable. Do you feel like you need to take a break as well? The magic word might be \u201cmindfulness\u201d.\\u003c\/span\\u003e\\n\",\"width\":\"Wide\",\"aspect\":\"0\",\"style\":\"2b\"} \/--><!-- wp:puma\/row-text-single {\"content\":\"\\u0026lt;br\/\\u0026gt;There is no textbook definition of mindfulness. At the core, mindfulness means \\u0026lt;strong\\u0026gt;to be fully present\\u0026lt;\/strong\\u0026gt;. Further, it describes a state of being \u201cin the moment\u201d \u2013 truly aware of your feelings, thoughts and external happenings. For most people, this is far from second nature. Worrying about tomorrow, stewing over yesterday, going through your mental to-do list \u2013 this is the kind of internalized way of pondering that takes you out of the moment. Practicing mindfulness can help us to keep the daily stress at bay. Dr. Britta H\u00f6lzel, a neuroscientist and qualified psychologist from the Institute of mindfulness and mediation in Munich, elaborates: \\u0026lt;em\\u0026gt;\u201cThrough systematic practice, mindfulness can help us to remain centered on what is important despite distractions, to remain balanced in the face of challenging situations, and to act from a place of greater creativity and compassion in today\u2019s fast-paced world\u201d\\u0026lt;\/em\\u0026gt;.\\u0026lt;br\/\\u0026gt;\\n\\u0026lt;br\/\\u0026gt;\\u0026lt;strong\\u0026gt;Mindfulness is directly linked to meditation.\\u0026lt;\/strong\\u0026gt; Meditation stems from the Latin word \u201cmeditatio\u201d, which means \u201cto contemplate\u201d or \u201cto ponder\u201d. The practice of meditating is meant to promote mindfulness and serenity through a vast set of exercises in concentration and awareness, e.g. through controlled breathing. 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Neuroscience research has demonstrated that mindfulness training is accompanied by changes in the structure and function of brain regions supporting self-regulatory processes, providing an understanding of potentially underlying mechanisms of action\u201d\\u0026lt;\/em\\u0026gt;.\\u0026lt;br\/\\u0026gt;\\n\\u0026lt;br\/\\u0026gt;So, let\u2019s just assume that you\u2019re not currently on a sabbatical or visiting a yoga retreat in India \u2013 how do you get started? Ironically, apps are a great way to start reconnecting with yourself and practice mindfulness. We put together a list of apps that can help you de-stress, relieve anxiety and get you started with meditation:\\u0026lt;br\/\\u0026gt;\\n\\u0026lt;br\/\\u0026gt;\\u0026lt;strong\\u0026gt;Headspace\\u0026lt;\/strong\\u0026gt;\\u0026lt;br\/\\u0026gt;\\n\\u0026lt;br\/\\u0026gt;Headspace promises \u201cguided meditation and mindfulness\u201d. 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