Your Mindfulness Toolkit

Bringing practical meditation tactics to medical care, psychotherapy, teaching, and your own practice.

Greg Sazima MD

Getting Unstuck: Mindfulness and Inertia

Hard to get back up and running? Sit with it—and then get a mindful move on.

Returning to a Lapsed Meditation Practice, Mindfully

Are you experiencing a lapse in your mindfulness practice? Here are some tips on getting back in the saddle.

I Resolve: Mindfulness for Your 2022 Resolutions

Setting some resolutions for 2022? Here's some mindful help.

'Tis the Season(ing): A Mindful Holiday Hunger Routine

Ready for the tasty treats of the season? Here's a routine to help enjoy ... but mindfully.

Gobble, Gobble, Redux

Mindfulness on Thanksgiving? Yes. Embrace the special moments.

Get Physical: Working With Body Sensation in Meditation

Why should you listen to your body talk? Here are a couple of strong reasons.

Thoughts During Meditation? Go Fish, Redux

Are your patients and students (or you) floundering with intrusive thoughts in meditation? Here are some solutions.

Thoughts During Meditation? Go Fish

Are your patients and students (or you) floundering with intrusive thoughts in meditation? Here's a ray of hope.

Endless Summer, Trauma Edition: Handling Heavy Weather

Is the traumatic stress of this summer too much? Here are some tips that may help.

Avoidant Responses to Our Endlessly Stressful Summer Trip

Fleeing and/or freezing this endless summer? Here's some help.

Navigating an Endlessly Stressful Summer Trip

Is this tension-filled summer "trip" wearing you out? Here's the first of three mindful "maps" to help guide you.

Accepting Self-Judgment as Part of Meditation

Bliss is what you want? But judgment is what you get. That's OK. That's meditation.

Breaking Up, Mindfully

Breaking up is hard to do. Meditation can make it a little easier.

Meditating on (and for) a Long Summer Ahead, Redux

Re-engaging the benefits of the "new normal" can use some mindfulness.

Meditating on (and for) a Long Summer Ahead

Part 1: The promise and risks of this unusual season can use some attention.

Observing Breath and Heartbeat in Meditation

Is paying attention to breath difficult in meditation? Focusing on the heartbeat might help with relaxation.

Memorial Mindfulness: Grief and Gratitude

Mother's Day, Memorial Day and Father's Day... holidays of remembrance, and also grief and gratitude. Meditation can help manage the events.

There We Are: A "Bookend" Finishing Routine for Meditation

Working on a sustainable daily practice? Besides starting each sitting with three little words, three more at the end can help "bookend" the experience.

Managing the Lost Moment in Meditation

Newbies to meditation losing hope over mind going "blizzard" or "fog"? Time for some helpful insights and instruction on the "lost and found" of mindfulness.

Here We Go: A Startup Routine for Meditation

Want to set yourself, or those you're assisting, up for a sustainable meditation practice? Start each sitting with three little words.

Why Time and Space Are So Important in Meditation

Helping a patient, student, or yourself to get a sustainable meditation practice going? Think "time" and "space."

Breathing Through a (Really) Fragile Moment

Is your patient's intense experience too "hard to hold"? Time to take a breather.

Breathing Through a Fragile Moment

Meditation can help patients, and their caregivers, manage tough moments.

Prepping Meditation Newbies on Losing Attention

For helping newbies in meditation, prepping them on losing attention is as important as on keeping it.

How to Help People Get Started in Meditation

The "sales pitch" might start with a respectful invitation.

Surfing the Pandemic: Tips to Keep Our Heads Above Water

A mindful listicle for the pandemic-fatigued.

How Do We Process 'Good' Change?

Some "peacetime" is breaking out after a long stretch of tension and uncertainty. But relief has its own challenges. How do we process "good" change?

Why Healthcare Pros Struggle to Practice Mindfulness

Healthcare pros know mindfulness works. So why don't we fit it in? Here's a look at the struggles and the benefits, for clinicians and patients.

Your Brand New Mindfulness Toolkit

Your Mindfulness Toolkit (est. 2021): A new blog with practical tips on meditation for healthcare professionals, psychotherapists, educators, and... meditators.