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Empowering Women: The Transformative Role of Mindfulness in Enhancing Well-being


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This paper highlights the role of mindfulness and its positive impact on women's health and well-being. Mindfulness allows individuals to focus on one task at a time, reducing stress and enhancing their ability to face challenges. Practicing mindfulness promotes physical well-being and active engagements, reduces tension about the future, and fosters deeper connections with others. Physical activities like yoga and walking meditation enhance flexibility, strength, balance, and overall well-being. While mindfulness cannot treat ailments directly, it enhances individuals' ability to cope with illness. In conclusion, it can be stated that mindfulness has the potential to enhance both physical and psychological well-being among women. It can relieve chronic pain, reduce stress and anxiety, promote positive emotions, and improve occupational performance. Additionally, mindfulness sustains interpersonal relationships, and encourages self-compassion. Cultivating mindfulness fosters emotional resilience, satisfaction with romantic relationships, and effective management of relationship-related stress.

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physical well-being, psychological well-being, meditation, women empowerment
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Rashmi Upreti
Department of Human Development & Family Studies, PAU, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Prachi Bisht
Department of Human Development & Family Studies, PAU, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Abstract


This paper highlights the role of mindfulness and its positive impact on women's health and well-being. Mindfulness allows individuals to focus on one task at a time, reducing stress and enhancing their ability to face challenges. Practicing mindfulness promotes physical well-being and active engagements, reduces tension about the future, and fosters deeper connections with others. Physical activities like yoga and walking meditation enhance flexibility, strength, balance, and overall well-being. While mindfulness cannot treat ailments directly, it enhances individuals' ability to cope with illness. In conclusion, it can be stated that mindfulness has the potential to enhance both physical and psychological well-being among women. It can relieve chronic pain, reduce stress and anxiety, promote positive emotions, and improve occupational performance. Additionally, mindfulness sustains interpersonal relationships, and encourages self-compassion. Cultivating mindfulness fosters emotional resilience, satisfaction with romantic relationships, and effective management of relationship-related stress.

Keywords


physical well-being, psychological well-being, meditation, women empowerment