India, Aug. 11 -- Mindfulness may seem like a buzzword in the mental health space today, but it is what each one of us must aim to achieve. Mental health advocate Prakriti Poddar calls mindfulness the "modern world's best survival skill".

"It almost sounds like a trendy fix, but mindfulness is no quick hack. It is the simple, brave choice to show up fully, exactly where you are, even when life feels like a circus," Prakriti Poddar, global head of mental health and wellbeing for Roundglass Living, tells Health Shots.

The mind, she believes, can be either a monkey or a maestro, depending on how one trains it.

"Left alone, our thoughts leap from branch to branch, replaying awkward moments, plotting future disasters, or arguing with people...