Mindfulness is the name given to the activity of observing our experience without judgement. You’ll find here a vast collection of articles and news stories that explain various aspects of mindfulness — including its benefits for our physical and mental health, how to practice it, and how it relates to other aspects of spiritual practice.
Especially for those who live in the US, there's a huge amount going on politically. Many supporters of Donald Trump…
Buddhism is full of lists: the three trainings, the four foundations of mindfulness, the five skandhas, the eightfold path, the…
Anyone who has meditated knows that over and over again we turn the mind toward the sensations of the breathing,…
If you close your eyes and become aware of your body, can you detect your heartbeat — without touching your…
We all have a tendency to beat ourselves up over things we did wrong in the past, or that we…
Almost anything we do can offer us an opportunity to practice mindfulness. The most mundane activities, such as unloading the…
The "first foundation" of mindfulness is the body, which involves being aware of the physical sensations of the body, the…
The main quality we're cultivating when we meditate is mindfulness. Mindfulness is just another word for observing. To observe our…
There's an unfortunate tendency these days to see mindfulness as being the only quality we need to develop in meditation,…
Sometimes I compare the mind to a cat. Just as it's in a cat's nature to wander, it's in the…