Meditation Practices
How Mindfulness Can Boost Your Exercise Habits
Mindfulness teacher Cara Bradley offers practical advice on how mindfulness can help with adding movement to your day. 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.
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Be Kind to Yourself
Mindful’s editor-in-chief Heather Hurlock offers a gentle reminder to celebrate our connection, our diversity, and our essential humanity. Read More
FAQ
What Pops Into Your Mind When You’re Meditating?
Like it or not, having thoughts is part of meditating. Mindful readers share what’s top of mind. Read More
Guided Meditations
The GRACE Practice: A Moment to Engage in Self-Care
Follow this 12-minute guided meditation to gather your attention and consider what would really serve you, your self-care, and your capacity for resilience. Read More
Getting Started
3 Mindfulness Practices for Neurodiverse Meditators
We don’t all meditate the same way—nor do we need to. Sue Hutton offers helpful tips and practices, informed by the autism community, to make mindfulness practice truly accessible. Read More
Body Scan
Why Can’t I Sleep? 4 Tips for Better Rest
Getting back to sleep in the middle of the night is no small feat. In this short video, Michelle Maldonado offers four ways to help make going to bed—and staying asleep—easier. Read More
Expert Interviews
Purpose, Fear, Love: A “Real Change” Q&A with Sharon Salzberg
Sharon Salzberg offers wise, compassion-focused views on where the world is right now and the part we each have to play in being the change we wish to see. Read More
Focus & Attention
3 Simple Ways to Pay Attention
Practicing meditation doesn’t involve a whole new set of tools. It works so well, Sharon Salzberg says, because it enhances life skills we already have. Read More
Meditation Practices
The Best Gift You Can Give Yourself Is Rest
Stress from the workweek, the weight of difficult emotions, restlessness in the body—any combination of these can interfere with sleep. Read More
Digital Guides
Your Guide to Finding the Best Mindfulness Teacher
The next step toward deepening your mindfulness practice may be finding a teacher that can offer you new insights. In our easy-to-use guide, we've outlined what to look for in a mindfulness teacher, and how to find the right one for you. Read More
