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.

Into a room of pillows and lavender, an elementary school student walks, enraged. He's just been made fun of by another student, an altercation that turned to pushing and name-calling. But rather than detention or the principal's office, his teacher sent him here, to Robert W. Coleman Elementary School's meditation room.

Bad Karma is when your life choices have made you into miserable person, a person that you don't enjoy being. But you can change your state of mind...

For centuries, people have slowed their breathing to calm their minds. For some of us, this takes the form of meditation or yoga; for others, it's 10 deep breaths before a panic attack sets in.

Sometimes negative thoughts and feelings need to roll off of us.

Can a mouse be mindful? Researchers believe they have created the world’s first mouse model of meditation by using light to trigger brain activity similar to what meditation induces. The mice involved appeared less anxious, too. Human experiments show that meditation reduces anxiety, lowers levels of stress hormones and improves attention and cognition. In one study of the effects of two to four weeks of meditation training, Michael Posner of the University of Oregon and colleagues discovered changes in the white matter in volunteers’ brains, related to the efficiency of communication between different brain regions. The changes, picked up i

Breathing is not just for oxygen; it’s also linked to brain function, behavior.

As legions of warriors and prisoners can attest, Stoicism is not grim resolve but a way to wrest happiness from adversity. By Lary Wallace.

The most vivid part of the mind bubbles up through sensation and new experience when unencumbered by analytical thought. By Daniel J. Siegel.

Has the holistic-health mogul overstated the health benefits of meditation and other spiritual practices?

It trains the body, mind, and everything in between.

Want to live a less stressful, more enjoyable life? Simplify. This may help you declutter your space and your mind so you can do just that.

An endless bombardment of news and gossip and images has rendered us manic information addicts. It broke me. It might break you, too.

Our kids are back to the routine of school. The energy is high as we walk through the hallways, with lots of chatter and sharing events from the prior day. But high energy doesn't always translate well to listening and focusing on tasks at hand in the classroom. Some schools around the country are turning...

Do you ever feel pressure to "find your purpose"? You don't need to stress. There's one purpose we all share, and it's easily accessible.

A simple, assuring invitation into releasing the resistance to one of the most life-expanding practices possible.

As the practice of mindfulness is packaged and peddled, it’s hard not to wonder if something essential is being lost. By David Gelles.

Flotation tanks have been a part of new-age lifestyles for decades, but in the last five years the number of people using them has soared. By Tom Ireland.

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