Mindfulness/Meditation
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How to Eat Mindfully
Here are five tips to slow down and eat more mindfully.
The Living Experiment: Forgiveness
How releasing past hurts can be helpful.
How to Drink Mindfully
What’s the right role for alcohol in your life? Experts offer suggestions for creating a healthier, more conscious relationship to imbibing.
A 6-Week Meditation Guide For People Who Can’t Sit Still
Think you would benefit from a meditation practice but hate to sit still? Try this new approach.
How to Reclaim Your Attention Span
We all get distracted, but there are habits we can cultivate to strengthen our focus.
Behind the Scenes With Jon Kabat-Zinn (Video)
Go behind the scenes with mindfulness teacher Jon Kabat-Zinn to learn more about the effects of mindfulness on your health.
Being Present: Jon Kabat-Zinn
Renowned mindfulness teacher Jon Kabat-Zinn on the art of overcoming distractions and reconnecting to who you really are.
Tips and Tricks to Deal With Common Pet Peeves
Discover how to overcome pet peeves and manage everyday irritations with expert tips. Learn to defuse anger, find perspective, and practice mindfulness for a calmer, more balanced life.
A Beginner’s Guide to Meditation
Whether you’re at home or the office, whether you have five minutes or 20, you can meditate. Really. Here’s a beginner’s guide.
5 Ways to Slow Down
These strategies can help us be more present in the here and now.
What’s the Rush? How to Slow Down and Reclaim Your Life
Even when there’s a lot to do, it’s still possible to stop racing through life.
24 Ways to Find Calm in a Frantic World
When anxiety knocks you down, try these 24 simple techniques to regain your balance.
Teaching Mindfulness to Kids
Susan Kaiser Greenland offers insights on how meditation can benefit kids and adults alike.
Strategies to Stop Overthinking Everything
Is rumination robbing your peace of mind? Here’s how to break the habit.
Awareness in Walking
Across the country people are signing up for “walking boot camps,” aiming to relearn how to walk. Here’s a look inside one of the gentlest approaches.
What is Mental Performance Training?
Using visualization and meditation techniques, mental performance training helps you to set goals and overcome obstacles, such as negative thinking, to achieve optimal performance. It can also help you to prepare mentally for high-pressure situations.
Be 10 Percent Happier This Election Season
A new app provides an outlet to lower your political stress level.
The Power of Silence
Key insights from a legendary Zen Buddhist master, Thich Nhat Hanh, on how cultivating silence creates a joyful, nourishing life.
Transform Your Reality With 3 Deep Breaths
Start by breathing in focus, discovery and possibility — then see the world through different eyes.
5 Ways to Be a Compassionate Listener
Transform your relationships by changing the way you listen.
The Art of Stillness
In a world obsessed with speed and rife with distractions, there are few things that feel better than sitting still, paying attention — and going nowhere. A celebrated travel writer explains how to get there.