Category: Mindfulness
Buddhism’s Pain Relief
Rick Heller reports on new developments in neuroscience that validate the Buddhist teachings on pain and suffering.
My Path with Arthritis
Darlene Cohen shares how she used mindful awareness of her arthritic pain to push beyond her own expectations.
This Is Getting Old
Old age forces you to let go of one damn thing after another! But as Susan Moon learns from her mother, it can also be a golden opportunity.
Charlotte Joko Beck, Joseph Goldstein, Sylvia Boorstein, and Sharon Salzberg on how meditation has changed their lives
How might meditation change a life? Author Donna Rockwell asked four teachers just that. How do their answers resonate with your experience?
Mindfulness for pain and “FOMO”
Arnie Kozak on how subversive mindfulness meditation is to our cultural norms of healing and medicine.
Wash Your Bowl: Marc Lesser on bringing your relationships, work, and life alive
Marc Lesser reminds us of one simple fact: that it is up to us to look within ourselves and to bring our work and our lives alive.
When the Tornado Touches Down
Zen practice stirs up a lot of energy and emotion, says Shozan Jack Haubner, and sometimes it can get downright ugly.
US military: Mindfulness helps soldiers cope in Iraq
The American Forces Press Service reports that US soldiers in Baghdad are being offered mindfulness as a tool for coping with stress.
Mindfulness with Baby: Yes, it’s possible!
Diana Winston on maintaining meditation and mindfulness practice while being the mother of a young child.
The Healing Power of Mindfulness (Free digital booklet)
A free digital booklet featuring Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., Daniel Siegel, M.D., and Susan Bauer-Wu, Ph.D., in honor of the 2010 Lynn Lecture.
Are You Listening?
To really listen to others, we must first learn to listen to ourselves. Three techniques for tuning in to body, speech, and mind.
The Secret of Success for MBSR
Barry Boyce talks to the authors of the new, groundbreaking interactive book, A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook.
The Science Of Love
Barry Boyce reports on the growing number of scientists and researchers who are studying how to bring out the best in human nature.
The Pioneer: Jon Kabat-Zinn on working toward a Mindful Society
As creator of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Jon Kabat-Zinn has brought the benefits of meditation practice to thousands of people.
The Hidden Treasure of Anger
Your throat is contracting, your fists are clenching—but don’t deny your anger, says Polly Young-Eisendrath.
Brain, Body & Benefits: The Science of Mindfulness
Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. looks for the “active ingredient” that makes mindfulness so beneficial to our health, psyche, and quality of life.
Making the Right Choice as a Consumer
Daniel Goleman says the key to becoming a socially engaged consumer is to be mindful at the moment we’re deciding whether to buy something. Knowing the full range of its impacts is one of the best things we can do for ourselves and for the Earth.
Take 5 — Beginning your personal practice of mindfulness
In this excerpt from her book, Deborah Schoeberlein teaches how to "Take 5" and get started now with mindfulness practice.
The Mindful Society: Overcoming Shyness
Barry Boyce on overcoming shyness and social anxiety with mindfulness-based stress reduction.