Welcome to our Abbreviations and Glossary page, your guide to key mindfulness and meditation terms. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced practitioner, this resource offers clear definitions to enhance your understanding and support your practice. Explore these essential concepts to deepen your journey towards inner peace.
- Acceptance
- ACT - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Awareness
- BAMBA
- Beginners Mind
- Breathwork
- Breathworks
- CBLC - Compassion Based Living Course
- CBT - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- CFT - Compassion Focused Therapy
- Compassion
- DBT - Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
- Diaphragmatic Breathing
- EFT - Emotional Freedom Techniques
- EQ / EI - Emotional Intelligence
- ERS – Emotional Regulation System
- Flow State
- Foundational Attitudes
- Generosity
- Gratitude
- Gratitude Journaling
- Holotropic Breathwork
- Insight Meditation (Vipassana)
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Kindness Meditation (Metta)
- Letting go
- MA - Mindfulness Association
- MAC - Mindfulness Acceptance/Commitment
- Mantra meditation
- MBAC - Mindfulness-Based Addiction Recovery
- MBCT - Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy
- MBLC - Mindfulness Based Living Course
- MBRP - Mindfulness-based Relapse Prevention
- MBSR - Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
- MBT - Mindfulness Based Training
- MM – Mindful Movement
- MMTS - Mindfulness Meditation Training for Sport
- MSPE - Mindfulness Sport Performance Enhancement
- Non-attachment
- Non-Judgement
- Non – Striving
- Om
- Patience
- Person-Centred Counselling
- PQ – Positive Intelligence
- Pranayama
- PSQL - Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
- Qi Gong
- Resilience
- Self-Compassion
- Somatic Therapy
- Tai Chi
- TM - Transcendental Meditation
- Unified Mindfulness
- Vinyasa
- Well-being
- WEMWBS - Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale
- Xen Stress
- Yoga Nidra
- Zen Meditation (Zazen)