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Mindfulness

Mindfulness is a state of active, open attention on the present. When you're mindful, you observe your thoughts and feelings from a distance, without judging them good or bad. Instead of letting your life pass you by, mindfulness means living in the moment and awakening to experience.

Live in the Moment

The Art of Now: Six Steps to Living in the Moment

How to to pay attention to the present.

by Jay Dixit

Back to the Present: How to Live in the Moment

How to get mindful now.

by Jay Dixit in Brainstorm

Mastering Your Own Mind

Become a high-performance user of your own brain.

by Katherine Ellison

Exploring my mind in meditation

Use Zen to explore your mind

by Susan Blackmore in Ten Zen Questions

What is Body Sense?

What happens when we lose touch with our bodies?

by Alan Fogel in Body Sense

Movement, Dance, and Present Moment Awareness

How present moment awareness can help your dance skills.

by Jessica Hayden in What Moves Me

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Mindfulness Tests

Attention

Can't concentrate? Learn how to focus your attention.
Attention Span Test

Do you focus on a task or zone out?
What are your stress triggers?

Find out the source of your stress.
Anxiety

Do stress and anxiety interfere with your life?
More Tests

The Latest on Mindfulness

Online Mindfulness Psychotherapy: a convenient method for transformation. by Peter Strong, Ph.D.
Diane Gives Herself an "A" - Part One by Margaret Moore
Can Two Tylenol a Day Keep Heartbreak Away? by Todd B. Kashdan, Ph.D.
Yoga, a practice of mindfulness, can be useful in recovery from addiction. by Adi Jaffe
Teaching clients to meditate: A good idea or not? by Karen Kissel Wegela, Ph.D.
Examining compassion and open-mindedness through the State of the Union by Todd B. Kashdan, Ph.D.
Three reasons why mindfulness meditation helps relationships by Marsha Lucas, Ph.D.
The spiritual genesis of the “Avatar blues” by Michael J. Formica
Mindfulness meditation is redundant by Michael J. Formica
Why meditation does not make you a self-involved, zoned-out bliss-ninny. by Marsha Lucas, Ph.D.

Mindfulness Blogs

  • Jessica Hayden

    What Moves Me

    Good living through dance, movement, and present moment awareness.
    By Jessica Hayden
  • Steven Hayes

    Get Out of Your Mind

    Transforming your life through acceptance, mindfulness, and values.
    By Steven C. Hayes
  • Jan Chozen Bays

    Mindful Eating

    Rediscovering a healthy and joyful relationship with food.
    By Jan Chozen Bays, M.D.
  • Dan Pollets

    Mindful Sex

    Tips and Techniques from the front lines of couples therapy
    By Dan Pollets
  • Jonathan Kaplan

    Urban Mindfulness

    Finding peace in the middle of it all.
    By Jonathan Kaplan, Ph.D.
  • Michael J. Formica

    Enlightened Living

    Mindfulness practice in everyday life.
    By Michael J. Formica
  • Ellen Langer

    Counterclockwise

    The power of possibility.
    By Ellen Langer

  • Six Perfections

    Buddhism and the cultivation of character.
    By Dale Wright
  • Robyn D. Walser, Ph.D.

    Mindfulness for Life

    Bringing vitality to love and life.
    By Robyn D. Walser, Ph.D.
  • Ronald Alexander, Ph.D.

    The Wise Open Mind

    Your path of self transformation.
    By Ronald Alexander, Ph.D.

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