Unconscious Bias
Mindfulness practice widens our lens on life - it asks us to confront and examine beliefs about ourselves and others. Beliefs fuel thought patterns that drive behavior, theories about the world, how we communicate, relate to people and unconscious bias. When beliefs operate below the surface of awareness that include unconscious biases, they work to separate us and are destructive in a community. When we bring awareness to limiting beliefs we are given the opportunity to bring those unconscious biases into awareness where they can be dissolved over time.

Inclusion
Mindfulness practice begs the questions - who am I paying attention to and who do I extend care toward? We evolved from small groups of humans and still have that seed in our brains that categorizes people who are different from us as the other - often the unreal other.  When we operate with a core sense of us versus them, our behaviors breed separation, inequity and discrimination. A core practice in mindfulness is called metta or loving kindness practice. By intentionally directing care toward widening circles of people we rewire our sense of us versus them - leading to a greater understanding of interconnection and less bias toward those who are different from ourselves.