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Non-Judgmental Awareness Training

Meaning

Non-Judgmental Awareness Training is a structured cognitive and behavioral intervention designed to cultivate a state of present-moment observation of internal and external experiences without reactive evaluation or emotional labeling. This training, often delivered through mindfulness-based practices, is a powerful tool for physiological self-regulation. Clinically, it is used to interrupt the cognitive loop that perpetuates the stress response, thereby reducing allostatic load and mitigating chronic sympathetic nervous system activation. This psychological skill acquisition has a direct, measurable impact on the neuroendocrine stress axis.