MINDFULNESS PRACTICE

Mindfulness Day—September 12—was created last year by Wisdom Publications to raise awareness about the value of mindfulness. You can celebrate the day any way you'd like—maybe you've been thinking about starting your own practice or perhaps getting your community involved by forming a meditation group? Here are a few stories looking at how to incorporate mindfulness into your life, from full-out practice pieces to small ways we can bring mindfulness into our everyday lives. 

Meditation, Getting Started: So you want to start practicing meditation, but need to know the very basics—like how to sit. Mindfulness pioneer Jon Kabat-Zinn offers helpful tips for beginners from his new book.

Why We Find it Hard To Meditate: having some setbacks? Ed and Deb Shapiro examine the most common reasons people give for not meditating and offer some helpful advice for overcoming those obstacles.

The 24-Hour Mini-Mindful Challenge: What if, once an hour, you brought your life back to what is happening right now? Elisha Goldstein offers this practice.

Waking up to Mindfulness: our blogger, Ed Halliwell, talks about his own experiences with getting into mindfulness meditation. He invites your comments and questions on the subject. 

Setting up a Mindfulness Meditation Group: Betsy Nelson on how she did it, why it helps, and how you can too.

You can also follow our updates on Facebook and Twitter, where we'll be taking your questions and asking you how you plan to celebrate Mindfulness Day.