Daily Practices
How to Be Mindful With a Cup of Tea
When it's difficult to meditate, you can build moments of mindfulness into the day through simple activities like brewing and enjoying a cup of tea.
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A Guided Breathing Meditation to Cultivate Awareness
A 15-minute breathing meditation that builds awareness of thoughts, feelings, and sensations in the body.
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Calm
3 Mindful Things to Do to Start Your Day
A little gentleness and taking a few moments to pay attention to the body can have a strong impact on how the rest of the day unfolds.
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Meditation
Hard Time Meditating? Stop Seeking Results
Meditation works precisely when we let go of expectations.
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5 Reasons You’re Having a Hard Time Being Mindful
Think your brain just isn’t made for mindfulness? Think again. Busy mind, scattered focus, more to do than you can handle? Join the club.
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Overcome These Five Common Obstacles to Meditation
Working with the wandering mind is challenging. Here’s why you’re having trouble meditating and a practice to renew your motivation.
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Calm
11 Simple Daily Mindfulness Practices
Zindel Segal offers 11 ways to slow down and increase focus throughout the day so you don't get tripped up by the same old mental ruts.
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Anxiety
A Natural Antidepressant Practice
The more periods of low moods we have in life, the more likely we are to fall back into them again.
Here's a mindfulness practice to break the cycle of ruminating thoughts that keep us stuck.
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Calm
How Awe Sharpens Our Brains
According to emerging research, we're better thinkers when we're feeling awe.
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Mindful Check-in Practice
A three-minute guided mindfulness practice: how to tune in to the present moment and acknowledge wandering thoughts.
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