INTERRUPTER: Stop and Smell the Roses
No, really. 1) Locate a flower in field of vision. 2) Stop.
3) Lean in and sniff. Wow.
MINDFULNESS PRACTICE
Outstanding instruction on a wide range of mind and body practices, including mindfulness, awareness, loving-kindness, yoga, and putting your meditation practice into action.
Jenna Hollenstein talks about her struggle to finally make meditation practice part of her life.
You don't have to meditate to be mindful, says Toni Bernhard. In fact, you can try it right now!
Mary Ann Christie Burnside teaches us how the kindness we offer ourselves and others affects what happens in the very next moment.
No question, yoga has a large following in the West. But how has hatha yoga, specifically asana practice, taken centre stage? And what role has the West played in that preference? Andrea Miller reviews two books that address these questions: Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice, by Mark Singleton, and The Subtle Body: The Story of Yoga in America, by Stefanie Syman.
Health writer Ed Halliwell explains that mindfulness can help improve our mental and physical well-being, if we don’t sabotage the practice…
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MINDFUL BLOGS
How can mindfulness help? Elisha Goldstein, Mindful's mental health blogger, looks beyond teen exam stress.
Steph Tlalka: Meditation vacuum cleaner?
Carsten Knox: Stay connected to nature.