A Two-Minute Mindfulness Practice to Unhijack Your Attention
Explore this portable mindfulness practice you can use any time of day to break out of autopilot and tune into what’s happening around you.
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Teaching Kids How to Meditate — and Getting Schools on Board, Too
Dr. Michael Gervais speaks with Ali Smith, executive director of the non-profit Holistic Life Foundation, about bringing mindfulness training to public schools and diverse populations. [Podcast]
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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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A Basic Meditation to Train Awareness
Try this five-minute mindfulness meditation for building awareness of thoughts.
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How to Choose a Type of Mindfulness Meditation
A new study teases out the different benefits of four kinds of meditation.
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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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A Writing Practice for Those Who Like to Keep Doing
This freestyle mindfulness practice benefits mind and body—no meditation cushion required.
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What Happens After Now?
Being in the here and now is what mindfulness is all about. Yes and no, says Barry Boyce. It’s also about being aware of what’s inside and outside, past, present, and future. Once we steady our mind with mindfulness, our awareness shines a light on not just the present moment, but where we’ve come from and where we’re going.
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Addicted to Your Phone? Try this Practice—Phone in Hand
This mindfulness practice can help transform your relationship to your phone—the very thing that can sometimes pull us toward mindlessness.
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5 Reasons Why Everyone Should Meditate
You want to spend some quiet time with your mind, but you have excuses. Take a moment to examine them. They might not be such a big deal.
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