Honestly, I have been on many diets. And honestly, they have all worked for a time, but gradually all the weight has come back, and then some.
Mindful eating is the exact opposite of being on a diet. It is a system of habits that you learn, and once they become part of your being, will […]
We are a goal-oriented society. We set goals at work, if we are dieting, our goals are set in pounds, and at the beginning of each school year, kids are taught to work their hardest so their report reflects their hard work.
When it comes to meditation, instead of setting goals, we need to set intentions. […]
The single biggest challenge our students face during meditation is their wandering minds.
Our response? We congratulate them, because noticing that their mind wanders is the first step in achieving mindfulness – that present moment awareness we strive to bring into every facet of our lives. Our suggestion to them is to notice their thoughts, to […]
Teens are busy. School. Social life. Sports. After-school jobs. Throw in building a well-rounded high-school resume, and you’ve arrived at a perfect recipe for stress.
Enter mindfulness.
Mindfulness is all about focusing and being present in the moment. And the means to achieve this is with meditation – probably not an easy sell to a teen. So […]
Mindfulness makes us smarter, kinder, better? Really?
Absolutely!
At a seminar we recently attended, author and neuropsychologist Rich Hanson, Ph.D., said that numerous studies have proven that mindfulness does physically change our brains, which in turn changes our entire lives – from the inside out.
And how does this happen? Through mindfulness meditation, in which practitioners learn to […]