Mindfulness brings us back to the present moment and provides the type of balanced awareness that forms the foundation of self-compassion. Like a clear, stil...

While I’m in my five senses they send me spinning all sounds and silences, all shape and colour as thread for that weaver, whose web within me growing follow...

"When I started the classes, I wasn't sure what to expect, but I was so stressed that I would get any help… I really feel that I am more calm, happier, more ...

It's that time of year again! Soon the leaves will be falling, and the days will get colder, shorter and darker. For many of us, it's a favourite time of yea...

Ah!  Summer… it’s finally here. And it feels so good. Summer has always symbolized “freedom” from schedules for me. But summer can also get very busy, very f...

Research has shown, and is continuing to show, the healing and restorative power of nature. Studies have found that spending time in nature can, amongst othe...

As we learned in Part 1, "Mindfulness Classes for 6 to 8-Year-Olds: Tips for Getting Started," we can cultivate in our children present-moment awareness (min...

In my late 20's I had a supervisor who used to say: "If my head wasn't attached to my shoulders, I'd even forget it!" I used to think, "What an odd thing to ...

People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou, American Poet Psychoana...

From the perspective of mindfulness, nothing needs fixing. Nothing needs to be forced to stop, or change, or go away. Jon Kabat-Zinn, in his book, The Mindfu...

We all experience anxiety at certain times in life, usually during stress-filled performances with high expectations or in unfamiliar circumstances with the ...

...mindfulness has the potential to upgrade the hardware (brains) and software (minds) in our heads in ways that make us work better. Darren J Good et al, Lo...

Mindfulness can improve the quality of attention, manage situations that cause stress instead of reacting in an automatic way. Mindfulness is a mindful state...

We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that something deep inside us is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch....

When you drive around the city and come to a red light or a stop sign, you can just sit back and make use of these twenty or thirty seconds to relax — to bre...

Peace begins with us… Mindfulness is the basis for wise action. When we can see clearly what is happening in the moment, wisdom can direct our choices and ac...