Mindfulness Exercises

Fluidity Consciousness: Understanding The Mind's Tendency To Turn 'Clouds' Into 'Bricks'

Rick Hanson, Ph.D. | Posted 03.17.2012

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Rick Hanson, Ph.D.

I had a lightbulb moment recently: I was feeling stressed about all the stuff I had to do (you probably know the feeling). After this went on for a while, I stepped back and kind of watched my mind and could see that I was thinking of these various tasks as things.

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Mindlessness To Mindfulness: Adjusting Your Default Setting

Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D. | Posted 03.06.2012

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Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.

What is unfolding when nothing much of anything is going on with you? I encourage you to check out for yourself what is going on at such times. For most of us, usually it is thinking. Thinking is going on. It takes lots of different forms.

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Mindfulness Meditation: Helping Kids Understand What's Happening Now (VIDEO)

Susan Kaiser Greenland | Posted 11.17.2011

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Susan Kaiser Greenland

For years I couldn't find a visual way to show my mindfulness students how past, present and future are all part of the present moment -- until I taught a clinic for teachers in Singapore.

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