Mindful Sex: The Threesome
by Jessica Graham My first threesome involved a lot of Captain Morgan’s Spiced Rum and a mattress on the floor. It was fun, sloppy, and we all had a good time. After that my triad… Read More »Mindful Sex: The Threesome
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Mindful Meditation at School Gives Kids Tools for Emotional Expression
By Mary MacVean for the Los Angeles Times Erica Eihl speaks in a voice that her kindergartners can hear only if they are as quiet as the church mice in children’s storybooks. And with a… Read More »Mindful Meditation at School Gives Kids Tools for Emotional Expression
Never Waste Time Again
by Michael W. Taft Life often asks us to wait, and a lot of this waiting can feel crushingly pointless. We cool our heels in lines at the supermarket, the bank, or at a restaurant.… Read More »Never Waste Time Again
Zen Priest on the Future of Spirituality
Love it or hate it, the world’s religions are in no danger of disappearing any time soon. But that doesn’t mean religious and spiritual sensibilities aren’t going to evolve. To learn more about religion’s future,… Read More »Zen Priest on the Future of Spirituality
Mindfulness Improves Decision Making
One 15-minute focused-breathing meditation may help people make smarter choices, according to new research from researchers at INSEAD and The Wharton School. The findings are published in the February issue of Psychological Science, a journal… Read More »Mindfulness Improves Decision Making
Meditation Pinpoints Difference Between Romantic Love and Compassion
These findings won’t appear on any Hallmark card, but romantic love tends to activate the same reward areas of the brain as cocaine, research has shown. Now Yale School of Medicine researchers studying meditators have… Read More »Meditation Pinpoints Difference Between Romantic Love and Compassion
The Mental Fountain—Working with Thoughts in Meditation
I first got involved in meditation because my brain hurt. As a teenage Monty Python fan, that’s how I described it at the time. What I meant was that the experience of my mind thinking… Read More »The Mental Fountain—Working with Thoughts in Meditation
Seattle Seahawks Will Have ‘Ohm’ Team Advantage
By Liz Neporent for ABC NEWS This year’s Super Bowl will be played in New Jersey, but it looks as if the Seattle Seahawks will have the “ohm” team advantage, as head coach Pete Carroll… Read More »Seattle Seahawks Will Have ‘Ohm’ Team Advantage
Mindfulness Helps Undergraduates Stay on Track, Study Shows
From Medical Xpress Few situations present as much distraction and time pressure as the college experience. In this environment, attention can be elusive and difficult to sustain even when it is attained. This lack of… Read More »Mindfulness Helps Undergraduates Stay on Track, Study Shows
Meditation for Anxiety, Depression?
From Science Daily Some 30 minutes of meditation daily may improve symptoms of anxiety and depression, a new Johns Hopkins analysis of previously published research suggests. “A lot of people use meditation, but it’s not… Read More »Meditation for Anxiety, Depression?
Surviving the Holidays Mindfully
by Jessica Graham It seems like we all make a cultural agreement to go a little bit crazy during the holidays. Braving the shopping malls (and parking structures!) to buy gifts on the credit cards… Read More »Surviving the Holidays Mindfully
In Addiction, Meditation Is Helpful When Coupled With Drug, Cognitive Therapies
From Science Daily Using a computational model of addiction, a literature review and an in silico experiment, theoretical computer scientist Yariv Levy and colleagues suggest in a new paper this week that rehabilitation strategies coupling… Read More »In Addiction, Meditation Is Helpful When Coupled With Drug, Cognitive Therapies
Christian meditation: ‘Less self-centered, more God-centered’
By Christina M. Gray for Catholic San Francisco Christian meditation may not be part of every Catholic’s spirituality, but in church halls throughout the archdiocese parishioners are meeting in small groups to go silent together… Read More »Christian meditation: ‘Less self-centered, more God-centered’