Mindfulness based stress reduction techniques help with a broad range of medical and psychological issues, such as anxiety, stress, pain and chronic illness. It facilitates deep states of relaxation, where one is able to pay attention to distracting thoughts, sensations, and discomfort, while at the same time learning to work with, rather than ignore, information from the body and mind. The benefit of these techniques includes an increased sense of balance and an enhanced capacity to handle life’s challenges with greater clarity and wisdom. Mindfulness meditation is centuries old and taken from the Buddhist tradition.