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.

Resilience.

Holding Steady • When our inner resilience takes root, it allows us to empower ourselves, strengthen our communities, and lead more meaningful lives. Here’s what Mindful readers had to say about the role that resilience plays for them.

Welcome to mindful • Did you know Mindful is a nonprofit? We are dedicated to inspiring and guiding anyone who wants to explore mindfulness to enjoy better health, more caring relationships, and a more compassionate society.

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Top of Mind • Keep up with the latest in the world of mindfulness.

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Ashanti Branch • EVER FORWARD CLUB FOUNDER

BEHIND THE MASKS • Some of the more than 30,000 postcards filled out as part of the Ever Forward 100k Masks Challenge. The front shows students’ public masks, the back reveals their inner selves. We asked Ashanti Branch how he would have filled out the postcard when he was a kid.

Research News

MINDFUL OR MINDLESS? • Our take on who’s paying attention and who’s not

A Taste of Intensity

Getting the Sleep You Need • Strengthening your "mind muscle" might be the key to sound slumber at night.

Let Nature Heal You • We know that trees are essential for the health of the planet. Turns out, they play a role in our health, too.

STEP BY STEP TREE BY TREE

Life is a Beautiful Buffet • Every day, life presents us with a set of ingredients. It’s up to us to turn them into something delicious.

Seeing the Truth of Inequality • We all want to believe that we’ve earned what we have. True equality begins when we’re willing to see how the circumstances of our birth have helped us along.

A LOOK IN THE MIRROR

CHANGING THE NARRATIVE • Jenée Johnson shares how she is bringing mindfulness to the San Francisco Department of Public Health and encouraging meaningful conversations about race, trauma, and unconscious bias.

INFINITE AS THE UNIVERSE

Lean In • Persevering in the face of adversity—and getting back up when you stumble—are essential to thriving in tough times. No matter where you start, you can train your brain to build resilience.

Taking In the Good

Tune In to Act Wisely • The practices of attending and attuning will begin creating the space to help you respond to emotions in a new and more resilient way. Regular practice will make it easier to shift from negativity to positivity. Apply the principle of little and often. Practice again and again until these skills become the new habits of perceiving and responding to your emotional landscape. Then you can choose your response.

Let It Be • If there’s one thing life teaches us, it’s that nothing stays the same. Yet we find all sorts of ways to resist, deny, and avoid this reality. Editor-in-Chief Barry Boyce offers nine perspectives to help us make friends with change.

Welcome Everything, Push Away Nothing • Explore acceptance in your mindfulness practice by embracing curiosity and fearless receptivity.

Breath of Life • Think you know how to breathe? Some experts say 9 in 10 of us are missing out on the mental and physical benefits of breathing well.

Reset Your Body • A daily breathing practice to bring balance to your life.

Your Body on Deep Breathing • Deep breathing has been found to benefit your whole body in powerful ways. Here are some key perks to lengthening your inhale and exhale, according to research.

Get Energized • A breathing technique to refresh your mind and get moving.

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