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..

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.