How Mindfulness Works Even When It Doesn’t
When focusing on the breath is difficult, look at it as an opportunity to become more aware of the forces of mind and the feelings causing the distractions.
Mindfulness
The Gift of Contemplation
If we use up our energy to resist our circumstances, we won’t be able to dedicate it to the work of true transformation.
Deep Adaptation of the Heart
A seven-step practice for staying resilient while confronting the climate crisis
Can a Brand Be a Gateway to Practice?
It’s easy to dismiss the corporate embrace of mindfulness, but are there exceptions where it feels more right than wrong?
There Are No Words in My Body
How the four foundations of mindfulness can help us practice with—and diffuse—difficult emotions
‘Blindfulness’: How to Avoid Moral and Attentional Licensing
We must remember that mindfulness is not a state but an ongoing action, and the choice to practice is always available
When Mindfulness Is Too Much
How a teacher learned to let go of mindfulness and trust the movement toward greater peace and satisfying stillness
Meditation Is Not Always Bliss, and That’s a Good Thing
How daily mindfulness practice can expand your comfort zone
A Case for Rewilding Mindfulness: Removing the Stigma of Stillness and Returning to the Enlivening Roots of Practice
Reducing mindfulness to its most sedentary posture is a surefire way to turn off a generation that could benefit immensely from a tool that can support them in so many ways.
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