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Mindfulness isn't just something you do on the cushion. Learn how to bring present-moment awareness into every part of your life - from managing stress and improving sleep to strengthening relationships and finding focus at work.
Feeling Overconnected? Here are Simple Ways to Unplug
Focus & Attention
Feeling Overconnected? Here are Simple Ways to Unplug 

As much as we'd all like to escape from our technology, oftentimes the demands of work don't give us the choice. Elisha Goldstein gives advice on how to use our digital devices to actually support us in our mindfulness practice. Read More 

  • Elisha Goldstein
  • May 18, 2011
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Creativity
Animating Art Through Meditation 

Arthur Zajonc explores how art can come to life through contemplation, and guides us through a simple exercise that will help us experience art in this exciting way. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • May 17, 2011
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It’s Official: Rejection Really Hurts 

New research suggests that the same areas in the brain that are activated by physical pain are also activated at moments of intense social rejection. “Social Rejection Shares Somatosensory Representations With Physical Pain,” was recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study’s lead author,… Read More 

  • Line Goguen-Hughes
  • May 16, 2011
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Stress Reduction Improves Conception 

New research shows promise for women undergoing certain infertility treatments—they’re more likely to become pregnant if they take part in a simultaneous stress reduction program. The finding, published in the journal Fertility and Sterility, raises new and controversial questions about the role that stress may play in infertility. Read More 

  • Line Goguen-Hughes
  • May 11, 2011
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Focus & Attention
Is it Time to Unplug? 

"So there I was driving," writes Elisha Goldstein, "only to look up and find that I was three exits past where I needed to get off. Talk about being on auto-pilot. Sound familiar?" Read More 

  • Line Goguen-Hughes
  • May 6, 2011
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Getting Started
Asthma Cases Up… Don’t Forget Meditation! 

Asthma cases in the U.S. are on the rise, and mindfulness has been shown to help mitigate attacks. Yesterday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed new statistics indicating that nearly 1 in 12 Americans were diagnosed with asthma by 2009. The Vital Signs report found that people diagnosed with asthma in… Read More 

  • Line Goguen-Hughes
  • May 4, 2011
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Focus & Attention
Meditation Leads to Better Decision-Making 

A new study  reveals how mindfulness practice can change decision-making for the better. The study, conducted by the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, found that people who meditate regularly use different parts of their brains in the decision-making process. A total of 66 people participated in the study. Those who regularly practiced… Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • April 26, 2011
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Creativity
A Way of Seeing 

Change the way you take pictures—and change the way you see the world, say Andy Karr and Michael Wood. Read More 

  • Line Goguen-Hughes
  • April 26, 2011
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