Students from kindergarten to grade 12 are being given the opportunity to explore the meaning of compassion—through art. “Though you can use a lot of words to describe compassion, by putting it into art, art adds value to words and art goes deeper than words,” says James Heiks, the district’s… Read More 
The cry we hear from deep in our hearts, says Thich Nhat Hanh, comes from the wounded child within. Healing this inner child’s pain will transform negative emotions. Read More
As Tom Preble drives a noisy school bus to its destination, he befriends a nine-year-old blind boy named Rollie. Over time, the pair come to help each other better appreciate the world around them. Read More
A government-funded study of mindfulness in dogs offers promising preliminary findings, as April Primmero reports. Read More
As Japan continues to cope with the aftermath of its recent natural disasters, the rest of us follow news updates and perhaps even make a charitable donation. Still want to do more? Diana Winston shares this personal meditation session focusing on Japan. Read More
You met mindfulness-and-youth pioneers Ali and Atman Smith at Creating a Mindful Society. Together with friend Andres Gonzalez, they've done incredible work. Read More
A student from India has won the 2011 Mindful Leadership Competition, sponsored by the University of Dayton and the Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) in India. Shaan, a Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication student, will receive an all-expenses paid… Read More
The Oakland Tribune's violence reporting fellow, Scott Johnson, reports on the Healing Moments in Trauma Treatment conference, which took place in L.A. earlier this month. Johnson blogs about Dan Hughes's talk on "Intersubjective Mindfulness," Hughes's approach to dealing with highly traumatized people in therapy. The… Read More
Dr. Ian Ellis-Jones blogs about stream of consciousness writing—where the thoughts and feelings of a character are presented as they happen... from moment to moment. Read More
Mary Ann Christie Burnside teaches us how the kindness we offer ourselves and others affects what happens in the very next moment. Read More
