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Why is Mindfulness not enough?

Why is Mindfulness not enough?

Riddle me this- you sit down to meditate. You close your eyes and try to go ‘inward’. But instead of some kind of peace, you just find statice. Your body feels far away, or maybe too close. Maybe your heart pounds or your chest feels tight. Your stomach flutters and...
Meditation for people who can’t sit still

Meditation for people who can’t sit still

Meditation is a training of the mind. There are many ways to meditate, and many traditions, but I will focus on mindfulness meditation, which focuses on paying attention to the present moment in a nonjudgmental way and can help us in achieving a state of calm...
Self-Awareness: The First Step to Growth

Self-Awareness: The First Step to Growth

So often we want change—less stress, better relationships, healthier habits—but we don’t always know where to start. The truth is, the very first step in any kind of growth is self-awareness. Self-awareness is simply the practice of paying attention to what’s going on...
Practicing mindfulness while driving

Practicing mindfulness while driving

Year after year, we see more and more drivers with less and less patience. People zigzagging between lanes, potentially risking others just to get ahead and skip a few cars, only to end up at the same red light as the rest. Road rage incidents, running red lights,...
How mindfulness prepares us to die

How mindfulness prepares us to die

What happens when we fall apart? When we are surrounded by change, the only constant there is, and pain, the only thing we know for certain we will experience in life? We often turn to temporary satisfaction and run away from suffering. After all, this is a basic...