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.
What is calling you this year?
Getting to Know Your Inner Critic • We all doubt and disparage ourselves—sometimes it’s hard to even notice we’re doing it. How does the inner critic show up in your life? Here’s what Mindful readers had to say.
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TOP OF mind • Keep up with the latest in the world of mindfulness.
Research News • Research gathered from University of Utah, Rutgers University, Claremont McKenna College, and others.
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ACTS OF kindness
MINDFUL OR MINDLESS? • Our take on who’s paying attention and who’s not
MINDFUL ABOUT MILK • Drink wisely with plant-based alternatives to dairy that are good for you, and good for the planet.
CREATE WHAT you desire • Focus your inner attention on a goal that connects deeply with your heart.
Menopause OVER EASY • For veteran health writer Sara Altshul, going through midlife change felt like a major cringe-fest—but as she found out, it doesn’t have to be.
Why You Can’t Avoid the Long Con • In a world of “alternative facts” and “fake news,” science writer Sharon Begley explores the science of how our minds determine if something is true.
rooted IN compassion • Psychologist and longtime meditation teacher Tara Brach talks about the transformative power of what she calls “radical compassion.”
let your rain down on love you • In her new book, Radical Compassion, Tara Brach helps break a trail through the dense forest of anxiety with the practice of RAIN
RAIN, Step by Step
How RAIN Began
She Tells Her Love While Half Asleep • She tells her love while half asleep, In the dark hours, With half-words whispered low: As Earth turns in her winter sleep And puts out grass and flowers Despite the snow, Despite the falling snow.
LEADING WITH LOVE • Two brothers who grew up on the streets of West Baltimore recruited a college friend to come back with them to solve their hometown’s toughest challenges. This is the story of the Holistic Life Foundation and how they are helping 4,500 children a week with meditation and yoga.
A JOURNEY FROM INSIDE TO OUT
THE STRESS BREATH
Why the Stress Breath Works
How I discovered that I wasn’t the center of the universe and neither are you) • While getting “centered” feels like a relief to those of us who are scatterbrained meditators, it can also serve as a natural starting point to explore the art of “de-centering” and tap an elusive state of being “centerless.” Here, Founding Editor Barry Boyce takes us on a mindful tour of these mental vantage points
It’s Not About Me • A Meditation for De-centering Your Self
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