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.
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.
David Whitehorn shares his impressions of the contemplative studies field with Barry Boyce, Mindful.org's editor-in-chief, in this recent interview.
Ed Halliwell on whether scientific studies on mindfulness can do justice to the transformations felt by those who practice it.
Anthony King on the neuroscience behind using mindfulness to help war veterans cope with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Elisha Goldstein talks to Jeff Brantley, founder and director of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program at Duke University’s Center for Integrative Medicine, about issues surrounding the increasing prevalence of anxiety in North America.
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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.