“…Mindfulness-based programs have been used to treat psychiatric illnesses, such as anxiety and depression, and have shown that they indeed effectively reduce the severity of the symptoms (Hofmann, Sawyer, Witt, & Oh, 2010;Johnson, Emmons, Rivard, Griffin, & Dusek, 2015). Mindfulness is defined as the awareness of both mind and body through paying attention on purpose, focusing on moment-to-moment experiences without judgment, and being present in a given moment (Kabat-Zinn, 2013).…”