Gratitude
A 12-Minute Meditation to Lead with Gratitude in Your Community
It takes a village to run the village. Here, we cultivate appreciation for all community members, including those we don’t agree with. Read More 
Meditation Practices
Explore meditation techniques for every level - from your first sitting practice to advanced methods like body scan, breathwork, and loving-kindness. Each practice includes step-by-step guidance to help you build a meditation habit that lasts.
Kids & Teens
Mindful Parenting: Meet Your Inner Critic with Self-Compassion
With mindfulness practice, we can learn how to unhook from rumination and increase clarity and ease of being by cutting ourselves (and our kids) some slack. Read More
Depression & Grief
How to be More Aware of Emotional Bypassing
It makes sense that we want to distance ourselves from pain, but true wellness means learning to sit with our shadows as well as the light so we can be truly present and embrace the fullness of being human. Read More
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
How to Be Kind to Your Inner Critic
On World Kindness Day, remember to give yourself kindness, too. Here are three practices to connect with self-compassion and soothe your inner critic. Read More
Gratitude
A 12-Minute Meditation to Cultivate Embodied Gratitude
This practice infuses the body with a sense of gratitude, which can then overflow as appreciation for the people in our lives. Read More
Guided Meditations
Ammi’s Adventures: A 5-Minute Mindfulness Meditation for Kids
This engaging meditation uses the energy and imagery of trees to foster inner connection and emotional regulation. Follow the guided practice and join your child on a mindful adventure. Read More
Getting Started
All Our Relations: Four Indigenous Lessons on Mindfulness
There’s healing in acknowledging our interconnectedness. Four Indigenous wisdom keepers share how their practice helps them remember. Read More
Breathing Meditations
How Mindfulness Helps Me Thrive with Asthma
When Georgina Miranda was diagnosed with severe asthma, she realized how working with mindfulness could help her find the courage not only to summit mountains, but also to slow down and embrace taking things one breath at a time. Read More
Learn
We’re All Biased. Here’s How Meditation May Help.
By engaging in practices that increase awareness, focus on our similarities, and develop care and kindness, writes Mind & Life Institute Science Director Wendy Hasenkamp, we might also be loosening the hold of implicit bias. Read More
Depression & Grief
Using Self-Compassion to Help With Recurring Depression
Recurring depression is a challenge for many people. New research shows that a mindfulness-based therapy for depression may help with low mood, by explicitly focusing on self-compassion. Read More
