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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.
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Depression & Grief
A Wound of Great Magnitude 

This excerpt from grief counselor Meg Spinella on the Tuscon shootings sheds light on the losses in Newtown.  Read More 

  • Line Goguen-Hughes
  • January 18, 2011
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Creativity
Lights, Camera, Meditation 

Barry Boyce talks to Parlan McGaw, who leads Meditation for Actors in New York City, about how mindfulness can help one deal with the ups and downs of an acting career. Read More 

  • Line Goguen-Hughes
  • January 17, 2011
Three individuals are practicing yoga indoors, performing a warrior pose with one leg bent forward and arms extended upward. They are aligned in a row, each wearing different colored tank tops: green, purple, and blue. The room has wooden flooring and large windows.
Magazine
Women Fleeing to Yoga? 

On Jan.7, The New York Times ran a piece in its The Way We Live Now section entitled Fear (Again) of Flying. In the piece, writer Judith Warner discusses today’s women and their attempt to find a palatable life balance. Read More 

  • Line Goguen-Hughes
  • January 17, 2011
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Books & Reviews
New Software to Buddy Up With 

A new version of Stillness Buddy, a desktop application that brings mindfulness practice into the workplace, is now available.  Read More 

  • Line Goguen-Hughes
  • December 21, 2010
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Magazine
Toning Down Tinnitus 

Mindful meditation can help recondition the brain so that it comes to terms with tinnitus, say psychologists and hearing specialists working with the therapy. Read More 

  • Line Goguen-Hughes
  • December 20, 2010
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Magazine
Mindfulness Helps Novice Therapists 

Virginia Tech is one of only a few universities to integrate mindfulness meditation into a Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) program curriculum.  Read More 

  • Line Goguen-Hughes
  • December 15, 2010
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