Mindfulness/Meditation
LATEST STORIES
How to Live in the Present Moment
This mindfulness technique can help you stop stressing about the past and worrying about the future — by bringing you back to the present.
How to Thrive Anyway
Whatever your situation, incorporating five minutes of meditation into your day can improve your well-being.
A Mindful Approach to Charitable Giving
Evaluating your passions, the world’s problems, and your giving strategy could yield better results for the greater good.
5 Tips for Starting a Meditation Practice
How following FEETS can boost your mindfulness-meditation practice.
Why Self-Compassion is a Learnable Skill — and One We ALL Need
Self-compassion is a powerful tool for improving our own well-being and our relationships — yet cultural blocks often dissuade us from practicing this skill. In this episode, Kristin Neff, PhD, shares what self-compassion is, the strong, positive ways it can affect us (and others), and how we can start cultivating more of it in our daily lives.
6 Ways to Defuse a Bad Situation
A variety of stresses have turned many public interactions into angry encounters. Learn how to calm yourself — and the situation — with these strategies.
5-Minute Meditation to Prepare for Sleep
Let go of the day and invite in relaxation with this guided meditation.
A Different Kind of Meditation
Attorney, author, and certified mindfulness practitioner Spiwe Jefferson discusses her journey toward a higher purpose and introduces our new mindfulness series.
How to Replace Self-Criticism With Positive Affirmations
Want a fast way to improve your self-image? Replace demoralizing self-criticism with more no-nonsense statements that reflect a positive appreciation for your body — and your present reality.
How to Free Yourself From the Cycle of Rumination
These seven tips can help stop obsessive rumination and cool down your body and mind.
Sharon Salzberg on Real Happiness
The mindfulness pioneer on healing ourselves and the world.
How Therapeutic Work — and Medication — Helped Gabrielle Bernstein Emerge from Trauma
In her new book, Happy Days: The Guided Path from Trauma to Profound Freedom and Inner Peace, spiritual teacher Gabrielle Bernstein talks about how medication, when prescribed as part of a larger program of recovery and therapy, can help establish a safe baseline from which to do the deeper work.
NATURAL MENTAL HEALTH: The Power of Stillness
How taking time to do nothing can lead us to our better selves.
NATURAL MENTAL HEALTH: How Using Your Senses Can Improve Your Mental Health
Smell, touch, and sound can help cultivate resilience. Here’s how.
PUMPING IRONY: Medicate or Meditate?
While Alzheimer’s patients wait to see if Biogen’s new drug will someday prove effective — and affordable — researchers continue to make a case for the healing powers of meditation.
STRONG BODY, STRONG MIND: How to Use a Fitness Device Mindfully
Our fitness editor shares how she listens to her body instead of obsessing over device-driven goals.
Feed Your Mind
Psychiatrist Drew Ramsey, MD, author of 50 Shades of Kale, is all about eating to fuel your brain — and your happiness.
Why Meditation?
Just as you train your body, it’s important to also train your brain. Meditation is a powerful tool we can use to become more aware, compassionate, and focused — in as little as a few minutes a day. In this mini episode, Eric Jeffers, yoga and meditation Master Trainer at Life Time, explains the strength of meditation and offers simple tips anyone can use to get started.
Awakened Spirit: Shefali Tsabary, PhD
With a blend of Western psychology and Eastern philosophy, therapist and author Dr. Shefali offers a path to authenticity and liberation.
Living in Your Light
At any stage, making a life change — and focusing on the pursuit of health and fitness — can be challenging. Kemma Cunningham, a Life Time group fitness performer, shares her journey to do both, and offers her advice for others looking to find what sparks excitement and purpose in them.
Awakening to Your Authentic Self
Do you do things for the image of it or because it feels right to you? Psychologist and best-selling author Dr. Shefali Tsabary explains that people — especially women — are often conditioned to sacrifice authenticity for goodness, putting others before themselves. She breaks down why and how this happens, as well as ways we can pursue a more free and true version of ourselves.