Compassion
How Kindness Can Get Lost in Communication
Founding Editor Barry Boyce muses on the messiness of communicating, and how finding the deeper meanings of words may require some inner searching.
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2020
Calm
How 2020 Is Uncovering What Really Matters
Founding Editor Barry Boyce takes a look at how this turning point in history may turn us toward the strength we all have within and help us reimagine what is possible.
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Calm
This is Why We Practice Mindfulness Meditation
Mindful Editor Anne Alexander reflects on the importance of leaning on our practice when the known falls away and we’re left with anger, confusion, fury, or despair.
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How to Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable
Thinking we need to be perfect before we act is a trap—but it’s one we can free ourselves from.
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A 20-Minute Practice to Hold the Emotional Body
Yoga and meditation teacher, speaker, and author Leslie Booker offers a practice to check in with your body, breath, and heart.
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Audio
A Simple Meditation to Connect With Loving-Kindness, from Sharon Salzberg
This classic loving-kindness meditation can help you to awaken to how connected we all are. You don’t have to like everybody, or agree with everything they do—but you can open up to the possibility of caring for them, because our lives are inextricably linked.
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Calm
Good News: Our Emotions Aren’t Set In Stone
Emotions are changeable and culturally constructed—which means we get to choose how we feel about how we feel.
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Interviews
12 Powerful Women of the Mindfulness Movement: 2020
In our second annual focus on women leaders of mindfulness, twelve women share how their deep practice has shaped the world they see—and the one they’re working toward.
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Calm
A Practice to Embrace New Beginnings
Feelings that arise when something ends can remind us that we’re not in control. Try this letting go ritual the next time you need a gentle reminder to create space for the next stage.
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6 Mindful Books to Keep Your Mind Healthy
From celebrating human connectedness to healing with breathwork, here are six books (plus three podcasts) to keep on learning and nourishing yourself this fall.
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