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Taking Your Practice Off the Meditation Cushion with Improv
An unlikely tool for cultivating compassion lies well beyond the meditation cushion. We find it, instead, in improv communities.
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A 20-Minute Practice to Deepen Your Awareness
Explore this guided meditation focused on allowing ourselves to settle in the present moment.
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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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Why Mindfulness Isn’t About Control
Ubiquitous though it is, the effort to always control the situations and people in our lives doesn’t serve us. Here’s why you may want to lose it.
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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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3 Practices to Come Back to Your Heart
Heather Hurlock, Executive Editor at Mindful, explores ways we can tune into our innate capacity for love and compassion.
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A Practice to Welcome Gratitude with Sharon Salzberg
This practice, from Sharon Salzberg’s book Real Change, opens a doorway in your heart to gratitude and receiving happiness.
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How a Money Conversation Can Transform Your Relationships
Finding the courage to discuss this taboo with others can powerfully heal many of our deep-seated fears and improve our self-worth.
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5 Benefits of Mindfulness for Black, Indigenous, and Women of Color
Coach Katara McCarty writes that, for Black, Indigenous, Women of Color, the mindful act of pausing and noticing trauma—as well as resilience—is key to the journey of healing and thriving.
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10-Minute Practice to Ground, Breathe, Soothe
Allow stressed and fearful emotions to dissipate with this calming, guided practice.
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