Practicing Mental Illness

I write so much about the benefits of mindfulness that I have to fess up when I come across a study that reveals negative effects.  This ha...

Mindfulness works as a therapy to increase impulse control.  While the results of practice are well-researched, the neurological mechanisms...

If mindfulness is the sharpening of one’s ability to notice, then perhaps this noticing can be applied to the subtle changes in thoughts, b...

Here's a simple meditation technique that anyone can fit into their schedule.  It’s called the Twenty Breaths Practice.  It only takes ...

Meditation is quite different from sitting there doing nothing, thinking nothing.  It is instead a focused attention on one’s present experi...

I'll be teaching a mindfulness meditation class at Mama's Wellness Joint (11th and Pine in Philadelphia) on Tuesday evenings in Nove...

The cultivation of mindfulness requires periods of focused attention.  Many proponents of mindfulness maintain that this is best developed ...