9 Mindfulness Exercises for Anxiety
The experience of anxiety is prevalent across the globe. According to the World Health Organization, there are an estimated 264 million people around the world living with some type of anxiety disorder.
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Concentration And Mindfulness, by Marcia Rose:
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7 Mindfulness Exercises for Kids and FamiliesThe dynamics within family settings are always changing. While the source of love that underlies each family unit remains the same as it has since the beginning
Continue readingBalance: A Mindfulness App Made Just For You
Finding “the right way” to meditate can be challenging. Though these ancient practices have become more or less mainstream in this modern day, practicing mindfulness is a lot easier said than done.
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The Power of Gratitude & 7 Ways To Cultivate ItMost of us have learned that it’s good to be grateful, and intuitively, we understand this to be true. When we are grateful for the blessings in our
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The breath carries us through our sleeping and waking life without the need for our conscious control. However, while it’s an automatic process that requires nothing of us in particular, enhancing our
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For those who struggle to get a good night’s sleep: you’re not alone. According to a Consumer Reports survey, 164 million Americans – that’s 68% of the American population – reported in 2015
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Mindfulness exercises for beginners come in all shapes and forms. However, getting started with mindfulness is often easier said than done.In an age where stress levels are high and productivity is king,
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To begin this Mindfulness Exercise on Intention Statements, please bring kind awareness to – why you chose this topic– how your belly, chest, and head each feel when you reflect on this
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To begin this Mindfulness Exercise on Intention Statements, please bring kind awareness to – why you chose this topic– how your belly, chest, and head each feel when you reflect on this
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To begin this Mindfulness Exercise on Intention Statements, please bring kind awareness to – why you chose this topic– how your belly, chest, and head each feel when you reflect on this
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To begin this Mindfulness Exercise on Intention Statements, please bring kind awareness to – why you chose this topic– how your belly, chest, and head each feel when you reflect on this
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To begin this Mindfulness Exercise on Intention Statements, please bring kind awareness to – why you chose this topic– how your belly, chest, and head each feel when you reflect on this
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To begin this Mindfulness Exercise on Intention Statements, please bring kind awareness to – why you chose this topic– how your belly, chest, and head each feel when you reflect on this
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To begin this Mindfulness Exercise on Intention Statements, please bring kind awareness to – why you chose this topic– how your belly, chest, and head each feel when you reflect on this
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To begin this Mindfulness Exercise on Intention Statements, please bring kind awareness to – why you chose this topic– how your belly, chest, and head each feel when you reflect on this
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To begin this Mindfulness Exercise on Intention Statements, please bring kind awareness to – why you chose this topic– how your belly, chest, and head each feel when you reflect on this
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To begin this Mindfulness Exercise on Intention Statements, please bring kind awareness to – why you chose this topic– how your belly, chest, and head each feel when you reflect on this
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To begin this Mindfulness Exercise on Intention Statements, please bring kind awareness to – why you chose this topic– how your belly, chest, and head each feel when you reflect on this
Continue readingGratitude Exercise: The Can of Heinz Beans
To begin this Mindfulness Exercise on Intention Statements, please bring kind awareness to – why you chose this topic– how your belly, chest, and head each feel when you reflect on this
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To begin this Mindfulness Exercise on Intention Statements, please bring kind awareness to – why you chose this topic– how your belly, chest, and head each feel when you reflect on this
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To begin this Mindfulness Exercise on Intention Statements, please bring kind awareness to – why you chose this topic– how your belly, chest, and head each feel when you reflect on this
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To begin this Mindfulness Exercise on Intention Statements, please bring kind awareness to – why you chose this topic– how your belly, chest, and head each feel when you reflect on this
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To begin this Mindfulness Exercise on Intention Statements, please bring kind awareness to – why you chose this topic– how your belly, chest, and head each feel when you reflect on this
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To begin this Mindfulness Exercise on Intention Statements, please bring kind awareness to – why you chose this topic– how your belly, chest, and head each feel when you reflect on this
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To begin this Mindfulness Exercise on Intention Statements, please bring kind awareness to – why you chose this topic– how your belly, chest, and head each feel when you reflect on this
Continue readingCan Mindfulness Meditation Help You Sleep Better?
Can mindful breathing, silent meditation with bells or a single mindful meditation help you get a better night’s sleep? A study published in The JAMA Network Journal answers this
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***To donate to Jack Kornfield directly, please visit JackKornfield.com/Dana Other talks by Jack Kornfield: “So, we were just sitting for half an hour or so practicing mindfulness, which
Continue readingA Guide To Spirituality Without Religion
Dear friends, For those of you who want spirituality without religion, I encourage you to meet Sam Harris. He wrote a wonderful guide to meditation as a rational practice, informed
Continue readingOne Meditation For Increasing Feelings of Safety, Contentment & Care
Dear friends, Rick Hanson is one of my top three favorite meditation teachers. Humble. Compassionate. Funny. Wise. Practical. He’s the kind of meditation teacher I aspire to be
Continue readingThe Importance Of Finding Quiet Time
Dear friends, With all the noise in the world right now, it’s important that we create moments of quiet for ourselves. Quiet helps us to think. To process. To rest. To be. Here are some free
Continue readingThe Desire to be Well-Informed Vs. the Desire to Stay Sane
Dear friends, Is your desire to be well-informed currently at odds with your desire to stay sane? You may want to consider the practice of equanimity, or cultivating a “caring perspective”. It’s
Continue readingNew: 100 Day Mindfulness Challenge
Dear friends, Want to build your daily mindfulness habit with simple, easy-to-follow mindfulness exercises? I’m now extending our popular 28 Day Mindfulness Challenge to a full 100
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Dear friends, We all suffer (or at least I do). Why not wish ourselves the same care that a loved one would offer us? Many people object to self-compassion because it feels sappy, because others seem
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Dear friends, We spend so much of our lives talking to each other, but how much are we simply running on automatic—relying on old habits and hoping for the best? Are we able to truly hear others
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Dear friends, My friend and acclaimed mindfulness author Michelle Gale is hosting her first ever “Mindful Parenting in a Messy World Online Conference” from September 18th-
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Dear friends, Want to be able to listen to free mindfulness meditations wherever you are? Here are some ways to access my free mindfulness meditations from your car, office, meditation cushion, or
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Dear friends, Most of us don’t get a healthy amount of sleep on a regular basis. Younger people often have more difficulty falling asleep, while older people often wake up in the middle of the
Continue readingNew Silent Meditations With Bell Sounds
Dear friends, Do you prefer to meditate in silence, sitting in stillness without a teacher guiding you through a process? Below are free audio mp3’s that you can download to your computer
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Dear friends, One of the keys to teaching mindfulness is having a sense of confidence, trust and faith in yourself and in your mindfulness teaching process. When I first started teaching mindfulness,
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Dear friends, My friend Gary Gach just wrote a wonderful book called Pause, Breathe, Smile. The Pause is about setting our intention before we think, speak, or act — the ethical
Continue readingThe Difficulty Of Talking About Mindfulness
Dear friends, When I first started talking about mindfulness with others, I remember trying to convince everyone of the benefits. I thought people would actually try everything I shared. It
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Dear friends, With recent accusations of impropriety made against Chade Meng-Tan (founder of Search Inside Yourself – the mindfulness program born at Google), Sakyong Mipham (leader
Continue readingShort Mindfulness Quotes & Processes
Dear friends, It’s funny how a short, pithy question can help unlock us from our daydreams, confusions and disappointments. During a particularly long season of suffering
Continue readingMindfulness Of Your Blind Spots
Dear friends, From our earliest years, we all acquire blind spots in the way we perceive, feel, and think. Driven by our biology, life experiences, cultural messages, and physical environment, they
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Do you have trouble falling asleep? Do you wake up several times throughout the night? Do you want to fix your sleep schedule? Good sleep is very important for your health and well-being. If
Continue readingThe Importance of Mindfulness of Race
Dear friends, As a white middle-class male from a small conservative town, I have often overlooked the importance of understanding and honoring our cultural diversity. Now living in the San Francisco
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Dear friends, With 350,000 visitors in the past two years, 10 mindfulness worksheets have stood out from the rest as the most popular. The mindfulness topics range greatly – from art therapy
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Dear friends, Are you or someone you know relatively new to mindfulness? Do you want some of the best practices for learning the basics? I included some of the best ‘beginner’ mindfulness
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Dear friends, Have you ever wondered how mindful you are, technically? Many scientists have created tests to figure out how mindful people tend to be, on average. Some of us wear rose-colored glasses,
Continue readingThe Most Underrated Mindfulness Practice?
Dear friends, We often hear about the same mindfulness practices over and over again. The classic go-to practices that everyone seems to mention include: Mindfulness of BreathingBody ScansLoving
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Dear friends, With a growing number of mindfulness resources out there, it can be difficult to know which ones are worthy of our time and attention. Here is a list of my favorite mindfulness resources
Continue readingFree Mindfulness Retreats
Dear friends, As you may know, I strongly encourage most people to try a silent 5+ day mindfulness retreat. Retreats can deeply enhance people’s experiential understanding of ‘nonjudgmental,
Continue readingNew: Free Meditations For Anxiety
Dear friends, Research suggests that people with higher levels of reported self-compassion are less likely to report depression and anxiety. The data showed that self-compassion may play the role
Continue readingThe Power of Mindfulness Retreats
Dear friends, Many mindfulness teachers agree that the fastest way to deepen your integrated, embodied mindfulness is by attending a silent residential retreat. The first few days are usually difficult,
Continue readingFree ‘Mindfulness For Beginners’ Guides & Journal
Dear friends, Mindfulness may be simple, but it’s not definitely easy. That’s why it’s always a good idea to go back to the basics. Below are some free beginner’s guides to
Continue readingIntroducing: Free Audio Transcripts
Dear friends, Some of you have requested audio transcripts for some of the guided meditations and mindfulness talks. Audio transcripts can be helpful for following along with the voice, to gain clarity
Continue readingFree Guided Visualizations
Dear friends, While mindfulness is noticing what’s ACTUALLY happening without judgment, guided visualizations can be a nice way of tuning into the sensations of an imagined experience. Visualizations
Continue readingMorning Affirmations To Condition Your Mind for The Best Day Ever
Listening to positive affirmations are useful in rewiring your brain to feel more joy and happiness in all ares of your life. Open yourself up to see the beauty in life that is all around you
Continue readingMorning Affirmations To Start Your Day On The Right Foot (Daily Affirmations)
Morning Affirmations (Daily Affirmations) are the core to a beautiful day! Use these positive affirmations every morning before getting out of bed (at least 7 minutes at a time), and see how
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This is a determined approach to positive thinking. Your life is one and only — accept that your reality can be whatever you want it to be. Choose to be positive and know that your are
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Gratitude is the force that manifests all of your dreams into reality. Master this mindset to unleash your life’s full potential. Instance 1 330 Mindfulness Worksheets Step-by-step
Continue readingSelf-Discipline Through Mindfulness – How To Become More Disciplined
In this video I will be talking about the superpower that is mindfulness. If you want to have self-discipline you need mindfulness. In life we are going to be exposed to various temptations and
Continue readingLove Yourself (Self Confidence Exercise)
Use this self-confidence exercise daily to teach you to love yourself. You are worthy of loving yourself, as treating yourself as a wonderful person. Start your journey to self-love and acceptance
Continue readingMini Meditations To Let Go of Stress
Find calm with this minute-long meditation. Instance 1 330 Mindfulness Worksheets Step-by-step guidance for developing mindfulness for your health, relationships, career,
Continue readingHeadspace Meditation: Getting Started
If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to meditate, but didn’t know where to start, this is the video for you. Simply download the Headspace app, and follow these step-by-step instructions.
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It’s hard to change something that you can’t see. This story demonstrates that awareness is the first step toward positive change, in our minds, and in our lives. It’s a great
Continue readingBrilliant Things Happen in Calm Minds
If we never give our minds a rest, is it any wonder that we start to get stressed out? Headspace is all about learning how to create the right conditions for the mind to become calm. It doesn’t
Continue readingThe Hush at the End of the World
Join these 3 senior Buddhist monks from the Thai forest tradition of Ajahn Chah as they embark on a pilgrimage in search for hush at the end of the world. Instance 1 330 Mindfulness Worksheets Step-by-step
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Ajahn Jayasaro wrote this book Without and Within to introduce the practice of Buddhism and to elaborate on various topics to people about Buddhism. Instance 1 330 Mindfulness Worksheets Step-by-step
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Read "Who Is Pulling The Strings?" as it elaborates the fourth of the Brahma-vihāras - upekkhā or equanimity to explain why things happen as they do. Instance 1 330 Mindfulness Worksheets Step-by-step
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"Meditation - An Outline" follows the tradition of Theravada Buddhism to get you started with the practice of meditation. Instance 1 330 Mindfulness Worksheets Step-by-step
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"Just One More" explores the third Brahma-vihāra - muditā which helps you awaken your joy at the good fortune of others and avoid being self-centered. Instance 1 330 Mindfulness Worksheets Step-by-step
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Learn loving-kindness, benevolence, radical acceptance and non-aversion in the core of the first brahma-vihāra - mettā, presented in this book. Instance 1 330 Mindfulness Worksheets Step-by-step
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Read about the Buddha's teaching on caring in action as explained by this book by Ajahn Amaro.that investigates the second of the brahma-vihāras - karuṇā. Instance 1 330 Mindfulness Worksheets Step-by-step
Continue readingDhammapada Reflections Volume 3
This third volume of the Dhammapada Reflections brings you new pearls of wisdom by the Buddha that you can learn, to take you through your daily life. Instance 1 330 Mindfulness Worksheets Step-by-step
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Read the 1st volume of the Dhammapada Reflections, which contains 52 verses of the Buddha's wisdom, complemented by comments for a better understanding. Instance 1 330 Mindfulness Worksheets Step-by-step
Continue readingAjahn Sumedho Volume 2 – Seeds of Understanding
Learn from this 2nd volume of Ajahn Sumedho's anthology, "Seeds of Understanding", which introduces the technique of mindfulness of breathing. Instance 1 330 Mindfulness Worksheets Step-by-step
Continue readingAjahn Sumedho Volume 5 – The Wheel of Truth
This is a collection of Ajahn Sumedho's Dhamma talks which revolves around the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path of practice. Instance 1 330 Mindfulness Worksheets Step-by-step
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Learn from "The Sound of Silence" as it explores in detail the topic of silence itself along with intuitive awareness ever-present inside all of us. Instance 1 330 Mindfulness Worksheets Step-by-step
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The subject of the 3rd volume of Ajahn Sumedho's anthology, "Direct Realization" is the dependent origination as shown through the Dhamma. Instance 1 330 Mindfulness Worksheets Step-by-step
Continue readingAjahn Sumedho Volume 1 – Peace is a Simple Step
"Peace is a Simple Step" is the first book of Ven. Ajahn Sumedho's series of written teachings focused on the approach to Buddhist practice. Instance 1 330 Mindfulness Worksheets Step-by-step
Continue readingHow To Mend Strained Relationships During The Holidays
Image by Pixabay The holidays are a bittersweet time for many. All too often, joyous images of togetherness fail to match the messy reality of family relationships. If you’re estranged from
Continue readingFinding Me (A Journey To Get To Know Yourself & Where You Want To Be)
Get to know yourself through guided meditations and reflections to yourself. Find your way to yourself with this mindfulness exercise. To download this free ebook, click on the top right corner
Continue readingLetting Go of Seriousness [Video]
David Gandelman is the founder of Grounded Mind, host of the Energy Matters Podcast, and teaches meditation at Cornell University. When David was 16 he began meditating deeply
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13 Minutes Gratitude Meditation To begin this mindfulness meditation on gratitude, start with something simple you are experiencing at this moment. It could be the side of a tree swaying gently
Continue readingMorning Yoga Workout ♥ Better Than The Gym | Strength & Stretch
A 15-minute yoga workout class aimed to strengthen and to stretch your body. Perfect morning yoga to wake up your body but also great anytime and almost anywhere. Many people ask what is the
Continue reading30 min Guided Meditation with Atmospheric Music
Audio is taken from Sam Harris’s 25-minute guided meditation, with reverb added to his voice, and atmospheric music added to create a more soothing, immersive experience. Instance
Continue readingHow To Work With Painful Emotions
This is a mindfulness teaching on working with difficult emotions. It’s about learning how to meditate while working with anger, fear, sorrow and anxiety. As we attempt to incorporate mindfulness
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