Why is mindfulness so important right now?
Modern society is a challenge for our brains
2/9/20261 min read
I feel mindfulness is increasingly important in the modern societies we have now because we seem to be in “doing mode” nearly all of the time. Work is creeping in to our homes lives with working at home and being contactable anywhere. There are apps and feeds designed to keep us scrolling. The constant 24 hour a day news cycle who make money from people watching and clicking.
More and more evidence is building to show that being in “doing mode” all the time is bad for our bodies and minds; linked to higher rates of cardiovascular disease, digestive complaints, mental health conditions and even some forms of caners and pain and fatigue conditions.
Our bodies and brains are not evolved for this sort of “always on” life. Going back just 20 or 30 years the news would arrive daily in a newspaper and work would stay in the place of work. Going back 100 years, most peoples evening would have been gloriously relaxing, as there just wasn’t as much to do!
It’s no wonder we have increasing numbers of people struggling with those health conditions and challenges I mentioned. Society and culture has changed massively and our brains are still the same.