You’re awake, and the time on your nightstand shows 3:33 a.m. There’s no reason to be awake, but your mind has other ideas. Some nights it could be an overactive mind; other times, you’re fighting a hot flash or the
While contemplative and mindfulness practices are often seen as solitary pursuits, Mindful founding editor Barry Boyce offers a case for why our search for peace and freedom is a group effort.
The principle of sangha is pretty well-known these days,
It didn’t go at all as I expected… To be frank, I failed miserably.
For ten months, I trained my butt off swimming in the pool. Then the day came: May 3rd, 2017 – my first ever, open-water, outdoor
A letter from Mindful Magazine’s 2026 Editor, Amber Tucker.
I read a quote recently that spoke to me, and to a key idea in this edition of Mindful: “We do not have to live as if we are alone.”
Cultivate gratitude for life’s small delights and savor the moment as you move through the senses.
One morning in early October, I glanced at my cell phone and noticed the weather app ominously predicting many days of snow and icy
This week, mindfulness teacher Vanessa Hutchinson-Szekely shares a tender meditation for those in the middle of pain.
Sometimes seasons of intense suffering show up in our lives—no warning, no easy answers.
This week, mindfulness teacher Vanessa Hutchinson-Szekely shares a tender
In June 2023 New York Mayor Eric Adams announced a new policy that would go into effect that fall. Every morning every public school student would engage in two to five minutes of mindful breathing unless they chose to opt
Have you noticed that we are writing by hand less and less these days? Sometimes it’s just a signature with a blunt stylus at the grocery store, or your finger signing crudely on a credit card pay screen. Handwriting certainly
I’ll never forget a holiday moment a few years ago, when I found myself in a negotiation with my younger daughter over her gift list. In theory, I’ve never wanted my kids to make lists of things they want for
This year, for the first time in my life, I experienced intense chronic pain that turned everything upside down and lasted nearly four months. As someone who loves movement and lives a very active life, waking up one day with
