INTERRUPTER: Stop and Smell the Roses
No, really. 1) Locate a flower in field of vision. 2) Stop.
3) Lean in and sniff. Wow.
the SCIENCE
Each week brings more research on how mindfulness works and have effective it is. Neuroscientists are discovering how it affects the brain, medical researchers are analyzing its health benefits, and social scientists are showing how it can change our lives and our society.
Mark Williams, co-founder of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), on the history of stress.
Dr. Daniel J. Siegel on what makes mindfulness beneficial to our health, psyche, and overall quality of life.
Richard Davidson, Ph.D., on where it came from and where it's going.
Matt Killingsworth answers the question using the Track Your Happiness app he built.
Mindful.org's Editor-in-Chief Barry Boyce interviews Mark Greenberg, Director of The Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development at Penn State.
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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.