Mindful

Mindful is the groundbreaking new magazine dedicated to helping you live mindfully. The simple practice of being in the moment brings out the best in who you are.

Mindfulness for All

How We Meditate • Answers from our reader survey on meditation

Top of Mind • Things that spark our minds, touch our hearts, make us smile—or roll our eyes. Keep up with the latest in mindfulness.

EXTRA -ORDINARY ACTS OF KINDNESS

WHAT’S NEW IN MINDFUL APPS • Your phone can be mindful, too. Here are a few of the latest, coolest apps designed to make life better.

Mindful or Mindless? • Our take on who’s paying attention and who’s not

mindful living • “In one drop of water are found all the secrets of the oceans.”

Make It Meaningful • Living a life of purpose might be the ideal, but how to do it isn’t always clear. Here are some ideas to get started right where you are.

A Lively Bunch

Tech Yourself, Don’t Wreck Yourself • Our use of personal technologies may bring up health concerns. But tech isn’t inherently good or bad—it’s often the unconscious choices we make that get us into trouble.

Intentional Phone Practice

Thanks For This • Gratitude isn’t just in our head: It takes root in the heart and the senses, for one beautiful moment…and then another

Am I Doing This Right? • The latest installment in our ongoing series of helpful answers to common meditator questions.

Can Meditation Change Your Genes? • DNA determines much of who we are, but it’s not fixed for life. Our behavior and environment can effect alterations to genes for good or ill. Can meditating affect us at a genetic level?

a place of one’s own • A firm intention and a personal touch make for a meditation spot you’ll want to visit often.

What Do You Need?

MINDFIELD! • THE MINDFUL LIVING BOARD GAME

The Medicine of the Moment • The simple practice of paying attention is making inroads in medicine through habit change, stress reduction, self-care, and decreasing physician burnout

Helping Cancer Patients Cope

Reducing Blood Pressure

Addressing the Opioid Epidemic

Healing the Healers

Relieving Stress

A Major Turning Point for Mindfulness • As the bar for research on mindfulness raises dramatically, a big change at the University of Massachusetts unites top-tier minds with increased resources to study meditation’s therapeutic potential.

CONSTANT CRAVING • Habits help us to survive. But they can also cause us to crave what’s unhealthy. Can mindful awareness help us break free?

HOW MINDFULNESS WORKS TO BREAK BAD HABITS • Habits are formed and strengthened as we journey through a continuous loop seeking to satisfy our urges.

MINDFUL BY DESIGN

When Sparks Fly • Some of us recoil from arguments, while others jump in with relish. Either way, employing insight and care means all involved can be victorious.

Your Brain on Arguments • How Chemistry Plays a Role in Our Arguments

Meditations on Mediation • A neutral third party can make all the difference in a rough dispute. Here are some tips for how to find and work with a mediator.

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notice what you notice • The world comes alive under the sparkle of spring rain. Gray clouds soften sunlight as it makes its way to meet fresh green earth, while gravity draws showers from sky to ground. Bright colors pop against a dim backdrop. Cheerful and melancholy make friends for a while.