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.
E-mail is so fast it’s almost magical, says Sylvia Boorstein. Yet with a little mindfulness it could be more than that—it could be truly transformational.
Saying you value a particular activity just isn't enough, says author David Dillard-Wright. It's another thing altogether to assign it a space on the agenda for your life.
Yoga practitioner Alison Wearing discovers how to appreciate the moment, even in the great white north.
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.
Susan Piver on maintaining focus in the instantaneous electric age we live in.
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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.