My spiritual mentor used to say to me, “we are human beings, not human doers.” In an era that rewards productivity, what does it mean to focus on being, instead of doing? What does it mean to live a ...

Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) can be a safe and effective means of lessening the effect of migraine headache and can be carried out while patients continue to take migraine medication, ...

Life can be stressful. Whether it’s the stress that comes with having too much work to do in too little time, fulfilling caregiving obligations, or dealing with a major illness or setback, sometimes ...

Ever since I wrote a previous column, Mindfulness for a Mindless Age, I’ve been growing more mindful of mindfulness, and more eager than ever to wrap my head around this concept that—for one trained ...

At just after 6.15pm in a brightly lit conference room in Oxford, 22 grown men and women are lying on the floor trying hard to focus on their left knee. From across the room a lilting, calm voice has ...

Workplace burnout has taken the shape of an epidemic, leaving countless professionals feeling chronically exhausted and ...

If dispositional mindfulness can teach us anything about how we react to stress, it might be an unexpected lesson on its ineffectiveness at managing stress as it's happening, according to new research ...