As a clinical component of mindfulness: the WHY behind an individual's practice. In Buddhist traditions, the intent was primarily the attainment of enlightenment and thus liberation from suffering for oneself as well as for other sentient beings. For patients with depression, anxiety, or pain, the initial intention will likely be to decrease these symptoms, in other words, self‐regulation. There is evidence for shifting of intention along a continuum from self‐regulation, to self‐exploration, and finally to self‐liberation with correllated outcomes

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