• • • Like any form of meditation, mindfulness meditation training can be a different experience for everyone. Rabbi Rami reflects upon his own problems with the practice. ♣ Mindfulness is one of the central practices promoted by Cheryl Pallant in her new book Ecosomatics: Embodiment Practices for a...
Read More♦ An Excerpt From Reflections on a Mountain Lake • • • “What we need to realize is that this sense of meaninglessness does not come from our lives but from the quality of awareness with which we live our lives.” Explore how the simple practice of awareness...
Read More♠ A mindfulness research pioneer offers his wisdom (and a guided meditation) on utilizing simple mindfulness techniques to help manage and relieve chronic pain. ↵ Mindfulness both as a formal meditation practice and as a way of being in wise relationship with your experience as life is unfolding moment...
Read More♣ Protestant minister—and Buddhist meditation teacher—Victor M. Parachin identifies the habits that can lead to wisdom. Perhaps the most famous of all the stories about the Buddha is a conversation that took place shortly after his enlightenment. As the Buddha was walking along a path, he encountered...
Read More♠ When you're having trouble regulating your emotions, patience can seem like a faraway feeling. Here are a few tips for cultivating patience that lasts. Patience is a virtue, as they say—and they say that because it’s hard. It means having to wait, either for something you...
Read More♠ Something joyful, beautiful, pleasurable, or delicious is happening: Notice moments of sweetness. There’s no shortage of difficult times in our world. Even the richest, healthiest, and most fortunate of us suffer in body and mind from time to time. That was true before the global pandemic...
Read More↓ Whether you need a confidence boost in a pinch or are looking to view yourself differently every day, try these five tips to increase your confidence. Did you know the key to success isn’t talent? It’s confidence! Confidence begets success because confident people are more willing...
Read More◊ For one, it’s possible to be slow and fast at the same time. “How does she do that?” I exclaimed, peering out the window at the stationary-yet-buzzing ruby-throated hummingbird outside my window. Considering myself a quite different animal, I realized maybe that’s not so, as I...
Read More↓ For one, it’s possible to be slow and fast at the same time. “How does she do that?” I exclaimed, peering out the window at the stationary-yet-buzzing ruby-throated hummingbird outside my window. Considering myself a quite different animal, I realized maybe that’s not so, as I...
Read More↓ In a culture that doesn’t help us hold our grief, how do we hold it for ourselves? Here are some ideas. Grief might be a universal experience. Of course, it comes up when we’ve lost a loved one, but we can also feel it when our...
Read More↓ And Other Ways to Mindfully Return to the Office Besides taking a lunch, holding meetings while walking and doing body scan meditation at your desk are two more examples of mindfully returning to the office. It’s no secret that the Covid-19 pandemic completely disrupted work style and...
Read MoreIn dealing with a loss, your actions and words, thoughts, breath, diet, and more can all be tailored to a more mindful form of grieving. If you’ve had the unwelcome experience of a loss—the death of a good friend, family member, or beloved animal companion; the...
Read MoreIn dealing with a loss, your actions and words, thoughts, breath, diet, and more can all be tailored to a more mindful form of grieving. If you’ve had the unwelcome experience of a loss—the death of a good friend, family member, or beloved animal companion; the...
Read MoreGardening is a lifelong practice that provides countless mental and physical health benefits. My grandfather turned 81 this year. His has been a life of rich variety, but no matter how his circumstances have changed over the years he has always held onto his love of...
Read MoreWhat do you want? Use the power of intention to focus your mind on your next steps. It’s still early in this new year. Many of you made New Year’s resolutions to achieve a desired goal. How are they going? Most resolutions fail because they are based on the...
Read MoreLooking for a new practice to calm the mind and connect with others? Try writing an old-fashioned letter. Every day our senses and brains endure a digital onslaught—not just from being held captive by smartphones but also email conversation purgatory, inbox overwhelm, and screen fatigue. Think back to...
Read More↓ Reclaim rest with a rest guided meditation that will take you on a journey of self-exploration. I’ve witnessed something pretty special over the past couple months. There has been a collective shift recently away from frustration and fear toward peace and healing. Within this shift has...
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Yoga and mental health are inextricably intertwined. Yoga helps promote mindfulness, healing from trauma, and boosts creativity. Yoga has been thoroughly studied for its mental health benefits and has been proven to help with anxiety, depression, and many other mental health disorders. Even without a specific...
Read More↓ A new study examines how different practices benefit people who worry a lot by Kira M. Newman If you’re prone to worry, some well-meaning person may have advised you to try mindfulness meditation. Theoretically, focusing on the present and cultivating an attitude of acceptance are effective antidotes...
Read MoreTai chi is a low-impact traditional Chinese medicine practice that engages the mind and body. The benefits of tai chi include increased mindfulness and focus, improved balance, and relief from chronic pain. ↓ For hundreds of years, traditional Chinese medicine has prescribed tai chi to address health...
Read MoreTeaching mindfulness to kids has been said to improve their wellbeing, boost performance in the classroom, increase emotional intelligence, and reduce stress and “negative” behavior. In Old Path, White Clouds, a retelling of the Buddha’s life, the Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh explains that one of Buddha’s...
Read MoreBreath action into everyday words. “You might be surprised at how many nouns in the English language can be used as verbs.” ↓ Words have always fascinated me. One thing I discovered by playing with words is that they don’t always fit into neat categories or have...
Read MoreMindful eating means being intentional about what, when, and how you eat. It can become more intuitive the more you practice. ↓ ↓ Benefits of Mindful Eating Reduces binge eating and emotional eating Improves digestion Increases satisfaction and satiety Acts as an innate form of portion control Leads...
Read MoreHere’s how to use it to get fitter ↓ It was Sunday morning, which meant I had a long run on the training schedule. 9–10 miles was what I had to tackle on this particular weekend. By 8 am, I had consumed my favorite pre-run breakfast of oatmeal,...
Read MoreAlong with newer children’s books about mindfulness, many beloved picture books also offer mindful messages about kindness, friendship, and contemplating the world around us. Here are a few of our favorites. In recent years, there has been an explosion of books for kids about mindfulness and...
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