Enhance Focus, Concentration, and Awareness with Mindful.org - https://www.mindful.org/category/mindful-skills/focus/ Healthy Mind, Healthy Life Mon, 12 Aug 2024 22:57:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 https://www.mindful.org/content/uploads/cropped-Mindful-logo-blue-550px-1-32x32.png Enhance Focus, Concentration, and Awareness with Mindful.org - https://www.mindful.org/category/mindful-skills/focus/ 32 32 Three Simple Ways to Recharge https://www.mindful.org/three-simple-ways-to-recharge/ Mon, 12 Aug 2024 22:57:29 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=644037 If you're feeling uninspired and drained, there are mindful ways to recover from burnout. These mindful shifts can help us tap into energy again.

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]]> The Benefits of Meditating With Others https://www.mindful.org/the-benefits-of-meditating-with-others/ Fri, 09 Aug 2024 16:21:15 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=631895 We’re accustomed to thinking of meditation as a solitary activity, but meditating in community also offers a host of benefits.

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]]> The Benefits of Being a Patient Person https://www.mindful.org/the-benefits-of-being-a-patient-person/ Wed, 31 Jul 2024 14:52:13 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=13623 Research shows that a patient person can support our mental health, strengthen our connection with others, and even help us reach our goals.

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]]> How Present-Moment Awareness Can Make Life More Meaningful https://www.mindful.org/how-present-moment-awareness-can-make-life-more-meaningful/ Wed, 17 Jul 2024 15:38:38 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=50765 When we practice present-moment awareness, we can savor each moment, make time feel like it’s passing slower, and get in touch with the fundamental wonder of being alive.

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]]> Building a Way Forward By Knowing Our Past https://www.mindful.org/building-a-way-forward-by-knowing-our-past/ Wed, 19 Jun 2024 03:20:00 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=51915 Explore three tools that can help us gain appreciation for the past and develop awareness for the future.

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]]> Increase Your Agency By Responding, Instead of Reacting https://www.mindful.org/increase-your-agency-by-responding-instead-of-reacting/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 15:12:43 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=636478 Ever wonder why your emails tend to be better when you wait a little before replying? Choosing to take a pause before we act may sound simple, but it yields powerful results. Longtime mindfulness teacher and author Andrew Safer shares a few ways we can practice pausing, both at our job and everywhere in our life.

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]]> Try This Guided Meditation As a Mindful Writing Prompt https://www.mindful.org/try-this-guided-meditation-as-a-mindful-writing-prompt/ Mon, 10 Jun 2024 21:26:35 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=59708 The invitation is to connect with your senses in a real or imagined setting. What do you hear? What do you smell? Note the emotional content of the space. And when you’re done, take what you learned to the page in whatever way suits you.

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]]> Q&A: How Connecting With Our Senses Supports Mental Health and Resilience https://www.mindful.org/qa-how-connecting-with-our-senses-supports-mental-health-and-resilience/ Thu, 30 May 2024 21:06:51 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=635758 Mindful founding editor Barry Boyce sits down with Norman Farb and Zindel Segal to talk about their new book Better In Every Sense and how reconnecting with our senses can help get us unstuck and establish new patterns.

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]]> The Potential (and Pitfalls) of Yoga and Meditation for Mental Health https://www.mindful.org/the-potential-and-pitfalls-of-yoga-and-meditation-for-mental-health/ Thu, 30 May 2024 13:39:34 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=635752 In her new book, All in Her Head: How Gender Bias Harms Women’s Mental Health, science writer Misty Pratt evaluates research and offers advice on trying yoga and meditation to support mental well-being—including why it’s important to adapt these popular practices to what your own mind and body need.

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]]> A Meditation for Letting Thoughts Float By Like Bubbles https://www.mindful.org/a-meditation-for-letting-thoughts-float-by-like-bubbles/ Mon, 27 May 2024 22:20:50 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=42915 Meditation teacher Enrique Collazo guides a bubble meditation for observing the wandering mind and allowing each thought to pass.

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