You probably notice that sometimes you do things on habit, as a reaction, without thinking about it. Mindfulness is being aware of what you're doing. Even if y

You probably notice that sometimes you do things on habit, as a reaction, without thinking about it. Mindfulness is being aware of what you're doing. Even if you are doing something habitual, noticing that you're doing it. If you're angry, knowing why, feeling the anger, making a decision to try and do something about it or not. It's different than concentration because concentration indicates some intensity. Mindfulness doesn't need to be intense. You can be mindful and be doing nothing, or you can be mindful and be doing many things. It just means that you're more aware of what you're doing. I'm sure other animals have this duality, but I would expect that they aren't as introspective as humans, so they probably don't notice it. It's not that your brain has a 'controller'. In fact, that's about as far away from the truth as I can imagine. It's that your brain is made of many parts, and is part of your entire body. You can't really control it as a whole, but you can make an environment where it's easier to work with the cognitive side of things. Mindfulness is being practiced in relaxing the barriers to cognition. Concentration, on the other hand, is more like the ability to override the reward loop, and continue with a task that is getting deprioritized.