A body scan meditation is a simple and effective tool to tap into mindfulness, moment-to-moment awareness. Again, this is helpful in combatting rumination because it moves us out of the past and out of our heads and into the current moment and into our bodies. A body scan involves...

The word meditation means to “take the measure of” and “to care for.” More fully, mediation is a relaxed state of moment-to-moment awareness or being in the “here and now” without passing judgment in this awareness. This is especially helpful in combatting...