Daily Practices
Soothe Stressful Emotions with the 4-7-8 Breathing Practice
If you find that it’s difficult to stay aware of your breath while experiencing anxiety, try this simple and calming breath practice.
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Compassion
Why You Should Invite Your Inner Demons to Tea
When it feels like a storm is brewing inside you—a potent mix of anxiety, jealousy, anger, and other difficult emotions—you might be inclined to turn away. But that rarely makes them dissipate, so you might as well invite them in and get to know them better.
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Anxiety
What’s Worrying You?
Mindful readers open up about their worries and share what’s helping them navigate difficult times.
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Focus
Why We Believe in Luck
Our notions of chance, fate, or fortune really can shape what happens to us—just not in the way we might think. Here’s how our practice reveals a wiser way of “getting lucky.”
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Focus
Why Our Brains Are Designed to Forget
While many of us yearn to sharpen our memory, the science of sleep shows that, in fact, our brains are designed to forget—a process that unlocks the mind’s capacity to dream and think in creative ways.
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Calm
7 New Mindfulness Books to Add to Your Summer Reading List
Explore a guide to bittersweet emotions, an ode to everyday beauty, and more recent books and podcasts.
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Audio
A 12-Minute Meditation to Befriend Vulnerability
Learning to tune in to our own vulnerability is an act of courage that allows us to form deeper, more genuine relationships.
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Well-Being
Happiness Is Already Yours
Moments of joy are available to us even during difficult times, writes editor-in-chief Heather Hurlock. Happiness belongs to all of us, inherently.
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News
Workplace Well-Being, Navigating Parenthood, and Other Mindful News
From a mindful birthing anniversary to an educational initiative in Latin America, explore these recent stories from the world of mindfulness.
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Mindfulness Research
Is Your Commute Mindful?
Leave the road rage at home: Travel might get a little more relaxing thanks to these meditative tweaks.
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