Mindfulness of the Body
In mindfulness, the body is where to begin Mindfulness of the body didn’t come easily to me. When I first started meditating in the late 1970s, I had a very hard time sitting still. I… Read More »Mindfulness of the Body
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Meditation Helps You Find Creative Solutions
by Charles Choi Meditation is often thought to help open up the mind, and new findings suggest it can steer people away from the mental traps that drag out problem solving. Meditative techniques could help… Read More »Meditation Helps You Find Creative Solutions
Meditators More Aware of ‘Uh-oh’ Moments
By Michael Kennedy for Futurity People who meditate do better on tasks that require self-control because they are more open to their own emotions, new research finds. For psychologists, self-control or “executive control” is the… Read More »Meditators More Aware of ‘Uh-oh’ Moments
Teaching Mindfulness
By Jessica Graham I’ve recently had the wonderful experience of a student of mine beginning to teach. He has a very unique and compelling voice to share with his students. Watching him grow into himself… Read More »Teaching Mindfulness
Teen Brain Benefits from Mindfulness Training
By Ann Douglas for The Star Here’s some good news about that much talked about teenage brain. Teenagers who practice mindfulness — a technique that involves focusing on what is happening in the moment and… Read More »Teen Brain Benefits from Mindfulness Training
Five Proven Ways to Get Your Meditation Practice Back on Track
by Michael W. Taft We all know by now that mindfulness meditation can create positive changes in your life. It works, but you pretty much have to practice it every day to really reap the… Read More »Five Proven Ways to Get Your Meditation Practice Back on Track
Meditation Builds a Better Brain
Awesome New York Times article on the measurable changes in the brain that come from long-term meditation. — Michael The role that meditation plays in brain development has been the subject of several theories and… Read More »Meditation Builds a Better Brain
The Body as the Direct Path
I first encountered the work of Mike Zittel through his cartoons in an early instruction manual by Shinzen Young. Later I met him and his beautiful wife Marta at a Shinzen retreat, sitting with them… Read More »The Body as the Direct Path
Effects of mindfulness training in asthma ‘comparable to inhalers’
By David Swan for pulsetoday Mindfulness training produces clinically significant improvements in quality of life and stress that are equivalent to those seen with inhalers in patients with asthma, a US trial has found. Researchers… Read More »Effects of mindfulness training in asthma ‘comparable to inhalers’
Broken Heart/Open Heart
By Jessica Graham “Like someone is trying to slice my sternum open from the inside of my body.” “Like prickly pins in my stomach.” “It feels like a hollowness of air in… Read More »Broken Heart/Open Heart
Zen for High Schoolers: ‘Notice the Anxiety. Notice the Fear.’
By Aidan Gardiner for The New York Times La-keeyatta Steward, 17, sat on a small black pillow one recent Tuesday afternoon, her legs tucked under her. Her meditation instructor told her to imagine her body… Read More »Zen for High Schoolers: ‘Notice the Anxiety. Notice the Fear.’
Why We Need to Teach Mindfulness in a Digital Age
by Aran Levasseur, for pbs.org Think of sitting quietly in a spartan room. There are no TVs, computers, smartphones, books, magazines or music. If you’re like most people, this probably sounds like a recipe for… Read More »Why We Need to Teach Mindfulness in a Digital Age
Alone Bad, Friend Good – Emotional Intelligence and Mindfulness
by Michael W. Taft I used to have a hard time relating to people. As a bald-headed punk, my personality was so intense that my friends jokingly nicknamed me “Toxic Mike.” I felt that I… Read More »Alone Bad, Friend Good – Emotional Intelligence and Mindfulness