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Mindfulness & Awareness
Mindfulness: The Basics
Whether you're new to mindfulness practice or not, this collection of articles is a great foundation for your daily practice.
Illustration by Missy Chimovitz.
Never lose sight of the basics. Bookmark this page and send it to friends. Below you'll find some of our touchstone articles on mindfulness practice. You'll want to come back here time and again to keep your daily practice well-tuned.
Mindfulness: The Basics
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.
Five Steps to Mindfulness
“Breathing in, I know that I am breathing in.” Mindfulness can transform your life. Meditation master Thich Nhat Hanh teaches five exercises to help you live with joy.
Body and Mind Integration
Yoga practice and meditation work extremely well together, say Cyndi Lee and David Nichtern. They show us how.
Is it working?
So you're practicing mindfulness, but sometimes it just doesn't feel like it's working. That's natural. In order to stay on track, says Donald Altman, it's important to stop now and then and recalibrate your thinking. Here's how.
Setting up a Mindfulness Meditation Group
Betsy Nelson on how she did it, why it helps, and how you can too.
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