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When we have trouble being vulnerable, "self-compassion" can seem like "self-indulgence." But fessing up to when we fall short can bring out our best, happiest, selves.| Mindful
Taking a moment to pause can enable us to move in the direction of suffering, to work, and to alleviate it, with wisdom and compassion. The post Peace Begins With Me: A 12-Minute Meditation appeared first on Mindful.| All Articles About Mindful Living Skills - from Mindful.org
You can’t push away a panic attack. But what happens when you let it play out? Writer and mindfulness teacher Ed Halliwell on how mindfulness helps him navigate anxiety and depression. The post When You’re Depressed: Is There Room to “Let Go”? appeared first on Mindful.| All Articles About Mindful Living Skills - from Mindful.org
The same mindfulness practices that transform problematic habits and thought patterns can help us tune in to the subtle ways that society cultivates barriers and “draws us to reinvest in segregation,” says mindful law expert Rhonda Magee. The post Can Mindfulness Help Us Dismantle Inequality? appeared first on Mindful.| All Articles About Mindful Living Skills - from Mindful.org
When we have trouble being vulnerable, "self-compassion" can seem like "self-indulgence." But fessing up to when we fall short can bring out our best, happiest, selves.| Mindful
The next time you need to wake up your body for a mid-day meditation, try this 6-minute mini-mindfulness retreat to go from foggy to focused.| Mindful
Cooling the fires of reactivity by cultivating equanimity so we can find steadier ground on which we can stand to meet the challenges of the day.| Mindful
We can support each during this health crisis by connecting with our essential goodness and compassion.| Mindful
Your mindfulness practice can help you mitigate not only the fear and uncertainty of COVID-19, but can even help you quit touching your face all day.| Mindful
Whether you're looking for live guided meditations connecting you to others, a quick practice to help you find your ground, or a free course on how to meditate, here’s how the Mindful community is coming together to serve in the days and weeks ahead.| Mindful
When anger builds, do you fall into it, or are you able to let it pass? This mindfulness practice creates space between your thoughts and your emotions, so you can let go of negative feelings.| Mindful
Joy is a capacity we all have that can be trained and developed—It is a primary component of psychological well-being, encompassing moments of appreciation, enduring contentment, and a sense of confidence and gratitude.| Mindful
When you feel stressed out, overworked, and frazzled, it’s often a case of taking on too much, too fast. Here’s how to slow down and simplify.| Mindful
Shelly Tygielski, who has connected 10,000 families (and counting) to support each other during the pandemic, explains why intentional care for yourself is also needed, now more than ever.| Mindful
Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a psychologist, senior fellow of UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, and New York Times bestselling author. His books have been published in 29 languages and include Neurodharma, Resilient, Hardwiring Happiness, Buddha’s Brain, Just One Thing, and Mother Nurture, with 900,000 copies in English alone. He’s lectured at NASA, Google, Oxford, and Harvard and taught in meditation centers worldwide. An expert on positive neuroplasticity, his work has been feature...| Mindful
As the program innovation leader in mindfulness, trauma, and racial equity at the San Francisco Department of Public Health, Jenée Johnson is developing a new way to talk about trauma, race and bias.| Mindful
Founding editor Barry Boyce answers our questions about emotional intelligence, being kind to ourselves, and turning toward our emotions. The post You Can Investigate Your Emotions Without Suppressing Them appeared first on Mindful.| All Articles About Mindful Living Skills - from Mindful.org
This marble-painting activity activates all the senses and lets you enjoy a mindful moment while making art with your little ones. The post Mindful Marble Art: A Creative & Sensory Practice for Kids appeared first on Mindful.| All Articles About Mindful Living Skills - from Mindful.org
In today’s offering, Jenee Johnson guides us through a teaching on the why and how of deep relaxation practices, along with a meditation you can do anytime. The post A Teaching and Meditation to Relax and Welcome Deep Rest appeared first on Mindful.| All Articles About Mindful Living Skills - from Mindful.org
Jenée Johnson explains how healing trauma and mindfulness go hand in hand in this 5-minute video.| Mindful
Feelings of passion and love can make us so joyful. When they bring along with them intense attachment, they can also turn very painful and destructive.| Mindful
It’s hard to imagine life without fear. Its raw power can save lives. It can also paralyze us and invade every part of our life. Taming it and directing is one of life’s greatest challenges.| Mindful
Meditation is not all calm and peace. It opens up a space for you to see what’s going on in your mind, including the vivid and powerful movement of your emotions—up, down, and sideways. You can learn to fight with them less, and make friends with them more.| Mindful
Wanting what others have. Protecting what we have from others’ grasp. These feelings are not fun. But on closer examination, we can see an underlying drive to aspire and emulate.| Mindful
Need a mindful break at work? Here’s an anytime, anywhere guided practice that can help you find a moment of calm. The post A Guided Meditation You Can Do Sitting at Your Desk appeared first on Mindful.| All Articles About Mindful Living Skills - from Mindful.org
Mindfulness is growing rapidly, but there's one thing missing from the conversation that helps make meditation a habit that sticks, Ed Halliwell writes. The post The One Thing You Can Do to Make Meditation a Habit appeared first on Mindful.| All Articles About Mindful Living Skills - from Mindful.org
In this guided meditation, Kim Armstrong walks you through a simple practice to expand your capacity for gratitude in the everyday moments of life. The post A 12-Minute Meditation for Cultivating Daily Gratitude appeared first on Mindful.| All Articles About Mindful Living Skills - from Mindful.org
When your schedule (and your mind) never seem to rest, here are three simple ways to feel more present in everyday life that don't take much time.| Mindful
When we become patients, we experience greater pain and limitation, but how we respond can make all the difference, says Susan Bauer-Wu. Barry Boyce reports.| Mindful
Friendship can sometimes feel fraught. But if you play your cards right, there’s at least one friend who will always have your back.| Mindful
Unchecked stress may lead to overwhelm, unhelpful coping, and burnout. When you learn to recognize the warning signs, you can take wise action to manage your stress—with a little kind attention, and a lot of self-compassion.| Mindful
Striving for self-esteem is about trying hard to feel special, above average. It’s absurd. We don’t need to feel extra-special or over the top. We need to touch who we really are in any given moment.| Mindful
This freestyle mindfulness practice benefits mind and body—no meditation cushion required.| Mindful
Getting back to sleep in the middle of the night is no small feat. In this short video, Michelle Maldonado offers four ways to help make going to bed—and staying asleep—easier.| Mindful
Daniel Goleman explains how Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy gives people the tools to recognize and talk back to negative thoughts.| Mindful
Mindful eating often starts with a kinder outlook toward ourselves. From there, we're in a better position to make decisions about foods that satisfy hunger.| Mindful
Explore how mindfulness and meditation can help soften feelings of anxiousness, reduce stress, and calm a panic attack.| Mindful
Editor in Chief Barry Boyce on why meditation shows promise for your mental health.| Mindful
Practicing meditation doesn’t involve a whole new set of tools. It works so well, Sharon Salzberg says, because it enhances life skills we already have.| Mindful
Plant-based dairy alternatives are all the rage. Here’s what they do for your body—and for the planet.| Mindful
How to shift from a "fix it" mindset to approaching the body with more kindness and acceptance.| Mindful
Our bodies don’t need to look any certain way to be healthy, strong, or worthy. Yoga and mindfulness experts weigh in on the real work of deeply accepting and loving the body you’re in.| Mindful
Rashid Hughes invites us to become more familiar with our inner spaciousness—where the pleasure of resting in awareness is sacred and healing.| Mindful
This practice infuses the body with a sense of gratitude, which can then overflow as appreciation for the people in our lives.| Mindful
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In this 2-minute video, meditation teacher Christiane Wolf explains what “formal” and “informal” mean when it comes to mindfulness.| Mindful
The question that nearly all prospective meditators have: Will you actually have greater health and well-being if you meditate? Mindfulness teacher Steven Hickman addresses the question from a scientific (and pragmatic) perspective.| Mindful
Navigating the complexities of ADHD can be a challenge—if you often feel overwhelmed and discouraged, you’re not alone. Dr. Mark Bertin and Dana Crews explore ADHD-friendly ways to begin or deepen a mindfulness practice that helps you thrive while managing this complex medical condition.| Mindful
In this week’s guided meditation, mindfulness educator Diana Winston walks us through a body scan meditation that’s perfect for those evenings when you need extra support winding down.| Mindful
Curious about how to start your own mindfulness meditation practice? This infographic from the Garrison Institute is a great place to begin.| Mindful
When we deny what's difficult by putting our heads in the sand, we create more suffering. Here's a 10-minute meditation to reverse the tendency to start digging.| Mindful
When the road gets rocky, what do you do?| Mindful
Cultivating compassion helps us mend relationships while fostering emotional intelligence. Enjoy the benefits of loving-kindness with this guided meditation.| Mindful
Exploring difficult emotions and experiences may be the key to loosening their hold over us. Gentle awareness of our inner world allows us to transform shame in this practice from Patricia Rockman, MD.| Mindful
Whether you enjoy a loose, spontaneous run, or a path with a fixed plan, here are mindfulness tips you can use a long the way.| Mindful
Physical activity. Beautiful scenery. Who doesn’t like the occasional hike in the great outdoors? And when you add a little extra awareness to the experience, your outing can benefit both your body and your mind.| Mindful
Breathe into challenging movement with a longer exhale, whether that be hitting laps on the stairs, running, hiking, climbing, or a high intensity workout.| Mindful
Meditation may appear to be a solitary pursuit, says Barry Boyce, but many benefits come from doing it with others.| Mindful
When life begins to feel repetitive, it's a sign you've gotten stuck in old habits. Explore these simple ways to reconnect.| Mindful
From online gaming to scrolling Facebook, we know that overusing technology can be addictive. But in a tech-immersed world, it’s often hard to know what to do about it. Here’s how you can use mindfulness to pause, pay attention, and align your tech use with your values.| Mindful
How our goal-setting mind causes us to fixate on one track, and how we can become more responsive to the richness and complexity that each moment presents.| Mindful
Savor this gentle practice as part of your time to simply be present with yourself. Or, invite a loved one to join you and unwind together, if you so choose.| Mindful
In this seated yoga practice, we cultivate the tools to nurture, strengthen, and give courage to our fearless hearts.| Mindful
Checking in with our bodies can be a powerful first step to notice what’s arising right now and offering ourselves what we need to feel our best.| Mindful
A simple mindfulness strategy for mastering the habit of becoming more present to each moment and, as a result, experiencing greater focus, productivity, and life satisfaction.| Mindful
Writing mindfully can loosen the grip of sticky emotions by bringing them out of the dark. With just a pen and paper, or an app, we can create the habit of being there for ourselves.| Mindful
How do we perceive stress in our lives: as major setbacks or moments of growth? Perception plays a major role in resilience.| Mindful
You don't need to meditate every day to experience the benefits of mindfulness at work. Here are a few ways you can inject mindful moments into your day so you can de-stress and do your best.| Mindful
Research shows us that we not only have the capacity to pay attention to and stop the chatter of our stories, but we can also reduce our stress, rewire our brains, and reinvent our relationships by responding to them differently.| Mindful
Our thoughts and images of what an ideal parent or lover or leader should be can get in the way of just being the best we can be in any given moment.| Mindful
We can train our brains to notice our mental habits. Try this five-minute mindfulness meditation for building awareness of thoughts, nonjudgmentally.| Mindful
Riding a bike, lifting weights, sweating it out on a treadmill—each can be a mindfulness practice. Whatever the physical activity, instead of simply working out to master a skill or improve your condition, you can move and breathe in a way that shifts you from feeling busy and distracted to feeling strong and capable.| Mindful
When you're stressed, overwhelmed, or distracted, you can regain momentum by resting attention on a single focal point. Explore this 9-minute mindfulness practice to calm a busy mind from Rich Fernandez, CEO of the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute.| Mindful
Linda Graham presents a full toolbox of practices to help you meet the chaos of life with awareness, acceptance, and deep knowledge that you have the strength to work with it all.| Mindful
Follow these three mindful steps to bring small, good moments into your awareness, cultivating joy and gratitude.| Mindful
Explore this guided practice to calm your mind, notice sensations in the body, and bring awareness to the present moment.| Mindful
Research suggests that when we turn towards pain and discomfort, we can experience less of it. Plus, Ed Halliwell offers a guided meditation for being mindful when things get tough.| Mindful
In the kitchen, we can connect with our senses, gather with loved ones, and find moments of joy. Explore our guide to eating, cooking, and savouring—the mindful way.| Mindful
When we’re separated from or lose someone we love, when things don’t go our way, sadness naturally occurs. It’s the sign of a tender heart. Unchecked, it can be deeply unhealthy.| Mindful
Learn about the mechanics of habit formation and observe them at work in your mind and body. By bringing awareness, and injecting curiosity and kindness into the process, you’ll be able to reevaluate and change your habits.| Mindful
Leading experts on mindful self-compassion Drs. Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer share how self-kindness, recognition of our humanity, and mindfulness give us the strength to thrive.| Mindful
The food you eat can have just as profound an effect on your brain and your mental health as the drugs prescribed by your doctor. The reason: Your gut and your brain are in constant communication with each other.| Mindful
Getting back up when you stumble may seem easier for some than it does for others. The good news is, resilience is a like a muscle—here’s how you can strengthen yours over time.| Mindful
Our guide to reflecting on the relationships in your life and opening yourself up to the opportunity for love to grow.| Mindful
Take a restorative moment to release tension and feel deeply into gratitude for your hard-working body.| Mindful
Take a break and boost your mood with this 12-minute walking meditation.| Mindful
When we’re “up in our head,” we are navigating the world with only part of ourselves—losing track of the body and of the present moment. Willa Blythe Baker explores the emerging science of embodiment and offers four lessons that arise when we tune in to the intelligence of our body.| Mindful
Through loving-kindness and practicing awareness, you can connect more deeply with both yourself and others. Explore our new guide to lean into kindness and cultivate compassion every day.| Mindful
How letting go can help you cultivate inner stability and connect to greater meaning during uncertain times.| Mindful
Explore this 30-minute guided meditation from Jon Kabat-Zinn to expand your sense of awareness.| Mindful
There's no one-size-fits all approach. Explore these guidelines for basic seated meditation.| Mindful
Mindful walking can be a way to awaken our delight as we notice the sights, smells, and sounds in our surroundings.| Mindful
Cultivate gratitude for life's small delights as you move through the senses.| Mindful
Here’s a series of simple postures and movements you can use as part of a sitting meditation session—or anytime.| Mindful
Explore Mindful.org’s Guided Meditations category for a selection of audio and video sessions led by mindfulness experts. These guided experiences offer step-by-step instructions and support, perfect for both beginners and seasoned practitioners looking to deepen their practice. Engage with a range of topics and techniques designed to promote relaxation, focus, and a deeper connection to the present moment, all at your own pace and in the comfort of your space. Category: Guided Meditations ...| Mindful
Here are a few simple guidelines to keep in mind to discern between mindless and (more) mindful eating.| Mindful
Research shows gratitude isn’t just a pleasant feeling—being grateful can also support greater health, happiness, and wisdom in ourselves and our communities.| Mindful
Reduce stress, anxiety, and negative emotions, cool yourself down when your temper flares, and sharpen your concentration skills.| Mindful
Mindfulness meditation can help interrupt the stress cycle to allow space to respond instead of react. Discover our best tips and practices to equip you with tools to navigate stress.| Mindful
This 9-minute guided walking meditation from Jon Kabat-Zinn explores embracing mindfulness with every footfall—varying the practice for speed and distance.| Mindful
