Is There a Difference Between Mindfulness and Meditation?

meditation is a type of mindfulness activity. The point is to get practised at noticing when the mind is wandering, and then bringing it back. By doing that over and over and over again during the practices, you then learn to better do that outside of the practices in times when it's more important. For example, if you wake up and your mind starts wandering in a not so useful direction, you're able to catch it more quickly before it gets as far as making you be up for hours.