Articles related to "Mindfulness"



Living Mindfully
Our society is a fast paced one, zeroing in on achievement and success as goals. With this lifestyle comes stress and a sense of being overburdened.
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Mind Over Pain
The Use of Mindfulness Therapies to Reduce the Pain of Fibromyalgia and Cancer
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Family Identity Issues During Holidays
Holiday celebrations and relationships can be loaded with confusions from transference. Keeping the past in the past and welcoming the present keeps love and joy alive.
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How to Control Stress and Anxiety
Mindfulness is the name given to the practice of focusing on emotions. Think about how you feel and take a deep breath before acting erratically.
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A Mindful Path (Part 1)
An interview with an American Buddhist--read on and become enlightened!
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A Mindful Path, Part 2
Part 2 of an interview with a Buddhist about his faith and its commonality with other faiths.
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Great Expectations
How I vowed never to make another list of new year's resolutions.
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Be Mindful, Feel Better
Being mindful has been shown to reduce stress, depression, anxiety and chonic pain. One step toward being mindful is adopting non-judgmental and/or positive thoughts.
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Kitchen Witchery
An explanation of Kitchen Witchery and ways in which you can embrace this particular path. Learn simple ways to develop greater awareness, intuition and inner wisdom
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Mindfully Meditate
Mindful meditation is a skill you may wish to explore to cultivate health and happiness at home, at work, in life and with those you love.
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What's My Mantra?
Meditation can help you clear up your psoriasis.
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Mind-Body Fitness Alternatives
So you've been going to the same gym for years, taking the same cardio classes, using the same machines; but things are changing. Is mind-body exercise for you?
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A Good Night’s Sleep
Most people can get a good night's sleep if they stop doing the things that keep them awake. Many of us stimulate our minds and bodies too much before trying to sleep.
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Exploring Spirit and Experience
It may be that inspiration and innovation happen only with a coming together of the mind or spirit and the environment, or lived-in world.
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Freerunning, Art and Social Ethics
What appears to be urban acrobatics has links to mindfulness practices such as yoga and to efforts through fitness to develop strong, useful people.
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Learn How to Meditate - Meditation for Beginners
Anyone can experience the benefits of meditation by trying one or more of the meditation techniques briefly described. Learn more by reading a suggested meditation book.
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Meditation for Beginners
Learn more about the many different styles of meditation to find a type that suits your personality.
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Mindful Eating
Studies show that most dieters gain back all the weight they lost within a year. Changing the way we think about food will lead to lasting body changes.
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Weight Loss and Self Love
It's a paradox, that when you love yourself NOW while losing weight you'll find the process easier, happier and permanent!
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Mindful Eating Cards in Eating Disorder Recovery
What does a pack of mindful eating cards have to do with eating disorder recovery? They allow life balance to be achieved for those with anorexia, bulimia & binge eating.
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Women and Meditation
Meditation, an ancient relaxation art, is a great device for calming the mind and body. It has various health benefits for women, and it's simple to do.
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Spiritual Seeking and the World Wide Web
People can transcend "machine tendencies" by using computers for contemplation and connection, according to writers on religion and society.
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David Foster Wallace's "The Pale King"
David Foster Wallace's unfinished third novel is scheduled for publication in 2010.
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Yo Quiero Buddha-Nature
Has the dog Buddha-nature? Ancient koan revisited.
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Zen and the Art of Being Jedi
In developing Star Wars, George Lucas has pulled together diverse elements from numerous religions, mythologies, and cultures to create a rich universe that is a great reflection of who we are as a people. The principles of the Jedi are particularly interesting in that they heavily reflect the practices and principles of Buddhism. Find out something that has been known in Asia for millennia and learn about Zen and the Art of Being Jedi.
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Knitting Zen
Knitting is slow. It is a process craft. Knitting takes time, focus and energy to create something from what are essentially string and sticks. It can be zen.
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Money and Addiction
It is not how much money you have but how you spend it. Spending money for emotional comfort is habit forming, and can be addictive, just like a drug.
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Taoism in the Western World
Faced with the daily stress of a consumer-driven economy and 60-hour work week, many busy Americans find solace in the Chinese philosophy Taoism. Is Taoism right for you?
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The Full Yoga Breath
What do we mean by Complete Yogic Breathing? Before you practice, understand how the breath functions in the body and why it is at the core of meditation and hatha yoga.
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How to Stop Panic Attacks
Many people can stop panic attacks by treating the underlying causes. Most people can learn to cope with anxiety attacks and decrease their frequency and severity.
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First Rehearsal for WINE IN THE WILDERNESS
An Introduction Before the War
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Linguistically Speaking...
Human language gives us the capacity to arrange our verbal ideas by stringing together words and phrases for constructing and organizing symbolic references to objects and abstract ideas. This evolutionary leapfrogging in language seems likely to have coincided with increased intelligence and the development of mindfulness or consciousness of the human species. Language is profoundly tied to intelligence and learning.
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All It Takes Is 60 Seconds
Sixty seconds to a stress-less life
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B. Day
Five humourous ways to handle a bad day.

Bump On A Log
It's "Bump On A Log", it's "Bump On A Log", it's big, it's heavy, it's wood! It's "Bump On A Log", it's "Bump On A Log", it's better than bad, it's good!
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Meditation Increases Brain Size
Regular meditation increases the thickness of those sections of the cortex connected with cognition, emotional processing and well-being.
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Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation Holds Annual Conference
The National Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation will hold its annual conference in Washington, D.C. July 9-11. See you there!
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Releasing Spinal Tension with Svaroopa Yoga
Gentle, slow-moving, and loaded with piles of squashy blankets and props, Svaroopa seems deceptively easy. The release of the muscles surrounding the spine is profound.
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Spa Classes, An Expanding Course Catalog
Classes that teach guests yoga, pottery, painting, papermaking, boot camp fitness, the art of making custom spa products, and martial arts are an emerging spa feature.
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Stressed out? Try Prayer Journaling
Wouldn't you like to meet every encounter with a fresh burst of wisdom? This is exactly what happens when we take time to consult God on a daily basis.
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The Promise of Y2K
Citizens as judges
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Imagine That
Imagine you're a jelly bean! Learn how beans, in the hands of my friends, helped me learn about non-separateness.
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Setting Long Term Goals for Your Child
Some people believe that it is restrictive and controlling to impose long-term goals upon children, arguing that these sorts of things are better left to the child when he or she reaches a particular level of maturity. While I do agree that children ought to be given agency and choice in their own development, I can’t help but point out that, in its most extreme form, this sentiment reflects a certain naïve or limited understanding of child development.
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The Differences in Pilates’ and Alexander’s Approaches to Self- Improvement: Part II
Although they agreed on many points, Pilates and Alexander differed significantly in their view of the mind-body connection.
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11 Rules for Mindful Eating
In a hurried life, eating mindfully can be one of the hardest things to do.
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Basic Concepts of Buddhism
The Buddha's four realisations led to the formulation of an eightfold path, a 'middle way' that leads from suffering and rebirth to nirvana.
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Beginning Yoga, Understanding Yoga
Many new students of yoga are confused not only by the variety of styles of yoga, but by vague responses to their basic question, what is yoga?
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CAM and Chemotherapy Side Effects
Some estimates put the use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine as high as 54% of US cancer patients. They use it to decrease nausea, fatigue, anxiety, and pain.
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Eliminating the Barriers to Weight Loss
Science has discovered that inflammation is at the root core of weight gain. Combined with the wrong lifestyle it's virtually impossible to shed the pounds.
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How to Develop a Power Personality
No one was ever born with the kind of character that made them household names. They had to develop the moral character and ethics that made them famous. So can you.
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