How can meditation and mindfulness help us right now? Founding editor Barry Boyce explains four ways to lean on your practice when the world feels heavy. The post 4 Ways Mindfulness Helps Us Find Our Way Through the Dark appeared first on Mindful.

“Our painful experiences aren’t a liability—they’re a gift. They give us perspective and meaning, an opportunity to find our unique purpose and our strength.” –Dr. Edith Eger, The Choice: Embrace the Possible The loss of an unrealized dream sent me spiraling down, down into the […]

In this guided practice, Sue Hutton offers an approach to meditation that marshalls sensory awareness as a way to sharpen focus. The post Dual Anchor: A Neurodiversity-Informed Meditation for Wandering Attention appeared first on Mindful.

“Being a good person doesn’t mean being a doormat… You can be kind, giving, and full of love, but that doesn’t mean you have to accept disrespect or allow your boundaries to be crossed.” ~Unknown I can still vividly remember sitting in my seventh-grade classroom, forcing a laugh as my […]

“Neuroscience research shows that the only way we can change the way we feel is by becoming aware of our inner experience and learning to befriend what is going inside ourselves.” ~Bessel A. van der Kolk It’s early morning, and I wake with an intense sensation of foreboding. I say wake up, […]