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Explore the link between mindfulness and health. Articles, tips, and exercises aimed at improving your mental and physical well-being

Mindful Mask Practice
Anxiety
A Mindfulness Practice for Wearing a Mask 

Pulmonologist Ni-Cheng Liang takes a look at how the breath—a common anchor of attention in meditation—can be triggering. Explore her masking practice to calm feelings of anxiety and stress when we’re unable to comfortably connect with the in or out breath. Read More 

  • Ni-Cheng Liang
  • July 20, 2020
How to mend a broken heart - illustration of scissors, arrows, love hearts
Calm
How to Mend a Broken Heart 

When love falls apart, embracing your life as it is—agony, misfortune, and all—can help you heal. Try this three-step mindfulness practice to help you find stability and a little bit of ease. Read More 

  • Elaine Smookler
  • July 16, 2020
Calm
How We Can Thrive Within Discomfort 

Instead of turning away from what feels difficult or painful, mindfulness teaches us that we can learn much from leaning in to any discomfort we're feeling. Read More 

  • Kelly Barron
  • July 9, 2020
How mindfulness teachers can create brave space -Young black man and group of meditators
Calm
How Mindfulness Teachers Can Build Brave Space 

Mindful self-compassion teacher Steve Hickman offers advice for his fellow teachers to lovingly acknowledge the turbulence of their own hearts, and those of their students, during times where compassionate presence and action are needed more than ever. Read More 

  • Steven Hickman
  • July 8, 2020
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