Perioperative Mindfulness Proposal

Inclusion Criteria: * Females 18 years of age or older * Subject must be able to speak and read English * Newly diagnosed with primary breast cancer * Will receive primary surgical treatment for their breast cancer diagnosis. * Undergoing lumpectomy with or without autologous reconstruction with or without contralateral surgery for symmetry with or without IORT or simple mastectomy without reconstruction * Breast cancer or DCIS Exclusion Criteria: * Recurrent breast cancer * Current or history of major psychiatric diagnosis. * Subjects who are receiving neo-adjuvant chemotherapy * Subjects undergoing modified radical mastectomy or reconstruction * Subjects regular meditation practice within the past 12 months (defined as greater than twice weekly practice) * Subjects unwilling or unable to complete study materials or comply with study visits * Subjects with no access to email or a mobile phone (required to access meditations) * Subjects undergoing surgery outside Hoag * Subjects who have narcotic dependence as defined by regular weekly narcotic use before cancer diagnosis. * Re-excision after lumpectomy (subjects who require re-excision after initial enrollment will be excluded from final analysis and dropped from the study).