When the 12 Thai boys who were trapped in a cave and were rescued one by one were first discovered by British divers a week ago, they were reportedly meditating. “Look at how calm they were sitting there waiting. No one was crying or anything. It was astonishing,” the mother of one of the boys told the AP, referring to a widely shared video of the moment the boys were found.

New research suggests how distancing yourself from a decision may help you make the choice that produces the most benefit for you and others affected. One key to maximizing benefits for everyone is realizing that occasionally the best decision will benefit you the most, said Paul Stillman, lead author of the study who did this work as a postdoctoral researcher in psychology at The Ohio State University.

Master mindful marketing and the world is your oyster! You will attract today’s conscious influencers who can collaborate with you & make greater impact!

At the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Washington, DC, there are 30,000 delegates. And one of them has changed the way the others look at desire. Amy Fleming meets Dr Kent Berridge...

Just back from a delightful trip to Barcelona and Berlin, I have been thinking a lot about how we, Americans handle the stresses of all we do, especially compared to Europeans. Everyday stress has bee

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This relaxing sleep meditation led by Deepak Chopra will help you overcome insomnia and settle in to deep sleep.

By charting new pathways in the brain, mindfulness can change the banter inside our heads from chaotic to calm.

Can meditation really slow down the effects of age? One Nobel Prize-winner is finding the scientific in the spiritual, writes Jo Marchant.

Many people have great difficulty establishing a regular daily practice. Here are some tips to help you establish regular mindfulness practice.

Whether it’s TV, alcohol, drugs, or food, most of us use something to zone out. But what if we created kinder minds so we didn't need to escape ourselves?

Mindful speaks to Craving to Quit founder Judson Brewer about the research behind the smoking-cessation program and accompanying app. 

You know those days when everything seems to go wrong? I had one of those days recently. Here's how I stopped feeling sorry for myself.

During your workday, do you feel comfortable in your own skin, or ready to jump out of it? Here are five ways to get more grounded in the workplace.

I’d like to share a few of the fantastic benefits that I've experienced with meditation in the hopes that maybe you could experience them too.

Our generation is not willing to settle for meaningless existence, just to get by. We want more joy and purpose. Here's how we can find it.

How students (and teachers) are improving focus and finding calm through weekly meditation classes.

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Corporate culture has stripped the ancient practice of mindfulness of its spirituality and re-branded it as a modern solution to over-work.

Upon completion of the evaluation, the doctors have advised that His Holiness take complete rest.

Like blotting paper, we soak up and absorb the world around us but it is vital to our empowerment to remember that we have the choice to change that habit.

Spiritual teacher Stephen Bodian writes about going beyond mindfulness--using meditation to be aware of what is, not to detach from it.

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Nothing lasts forever. Now is the time to appreciate each other and enjoy the moments of our lives.

Maybe part of being happy is not avoiding suffering. Maybe to experience happiness we actually have to experience everything else, including sadness.

Chronic ails in midlife forced Sunada to reevaluate the path she was on. She found Buddhism, gave up her high tech career, and dedicated her life to helping others. Tell us a little about your background… I was born in Tokyo in 1957, the youngest..

“To love without knowing how to love wounds the person we love.”

Kill stress and gain perspective by way of creative expression.

The greatest gift is the gift of the teachings, and here there are many to be had. A list of over 17000 talks/retreats/guided meditations from a range of speakers, both prominent and otherwise all available to stream or download.

The concept of flow was popularized by positive psychologist Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, who researched this type of enjoyable immersion by speaking to ...

A crusading neuroscientist has finally come up with a cure for sleep paralysis, the condition that terrified our ancestors. By Theresa Fisher.

Think meditation kind of sucks? Rachel Machacek did too. In fact, nobody really likes it. But you’re sure glad you did it afterwards.

2016: A Year of Waking Up!EurekAlert: Mindfulness, described as paying attention on purpose and being in the present moment with acceptance, could be an