by Scott Haber You can have anger without acting angry. You can feel anger yet not be angry. Anger is an internal state; it can be physiologically felt and cognitively observed. When anger arises, a sense of tension is present in our bodies. Our breathing quickens and shallows, our temperature may elevate, or we may […]
Breaking the Cycle of Insomnia – Embracing the Arms of Sleep
Posted on August 29, 2017 //
by Richard Flanagan My name is Richard and I’m an insomniac. Or at least I was. Now I sleep, pretty much, through the night – an extremely positive change that I attribute, largely, to regular doses of meditation (no, not medication – meditation). My particular brand of insomnia was the kind that prevented me from […]
Showing Up In The Moment
Posted on May 12, 2017 //
by Emerson Dameron I’m not 100% sure that my meditation practice is changing my life. Nevertheless, every day, I sit down, check in, and do it. Perhaps meditation helps some people rein in their egos and emotions. With proper technique and significant time investment, maybe it will give me superpowers. But I suspect that meditating […]
Seeing Things: How mindfulness helped restore my lost sight
Posted on May 2, 2017 //
by Vanessa Potter As I started to wake, and sleep loosened its grip on me I stretched out my body feeling the warmth of the morning sun caress my face. A heartbeat later the crushing reality of where I was hit me like a high-speed train. I was not at home lying within the safety […]
How Mindfulness And Self-Compassion Transformed My Life
Posted on April 24, 2017 //
by Mike Fitzgerald When you live with a rare, poorly understood, and progressive health condition, there are a number of difficulties you are faced with. For example, no one can clearly tell you what you should do to successfully manage your condition, and there’s no clear advice in relation to what you can do to […]
Discovering Mindfulness – The Journey
Posted on April 10, 2017 //
by Abby McPhee It only took about fifteen minutes of the first mindfulness class before I started to wonder whether I’d made a big mistake. It seemed like I was being told not to think. Was I really being told not to have goals and not to have hopes for the future? This went against […]
Screw The Rules: Living Mindfully
Posted on March 28, 2017 //
by Sheila Bayliss Before I discovered mindfulness, I was on a bit of a quest. I was pretty sure I was failing at life, while everyone else was succeeding. I devoured self-help books, searching for The Answer that would guarantee my happiness. Following the advice, whether it was cutting out wheat or saying daily affirmations, […]
Wise Resistance: The Role of Mindfulness in the Trump Era
Posted on February 22, 2017 //
by Joel Groover Helen Barnes Vantine is seeing a new syndrome of sorts among her psychotherapy patients in Atlanta—an upwelling of anger, anxiety and sadness stirred by thoughts of President Donald Trump. “A number of my patients just cannot stop talking about how upset they are, their outrage and what they’re going to do about […]