Various meditation practices, especially mindfulness meditation, have become extremely popular among recovery communities in recent decades. Quite a bit of evidence exists stating that meditation and mindfulness practices can play an important supporting role in treating mental health issues, including … Read More
Mindfulness As Motivation
Is there anything that mindfulness can’t do? New research, information, and insight on the positive benefits of mindfulness are published on a regular basis. The many reasons to practice mindfulness are becoming common knowledge. Mindfulness can: Reduce stress Reduce inflammation … Read More
Mindfulness In Three Scans
Mindful meditation is not a detachment of mind from body but the unifying of mind and body by recognizing how what happens in the mind affects what happens in the body. Body scanning can be a standalone mindfulness practice or … Read More
Brain Affected Differently By Different Parts Of The Brain
Science Advances recently published a set of studies that revealed not all meditation is created equal, reports New Scientist. That is not to say that some meditations are better than others. Different forms of meditation affect different regions of the … Read More
Actions Versus Practices of Self Care
Benjamin Franklin once said, “When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.” Actor Ryan Gosling commented on hydration and exercise on The Ellen Show, saying “Once you’re thirsty- it’s too late. You’re already dehydrated.” Self-care is the way … Read More
4 Ways To Master Your Self-Confidence
The early wake of recovering from drug and alcohol addiction can leave you feeling less than stable in your sense of self-confidence. You thought you had it all under control. You didn’t. You had a job, you were going to … Read More
Meditation Makes You Cool
Anger is described as hot. When we get angry, we boil up. Emotionally, we are raging, fuming, have a hot temper, and compare ourselves to a volcano. Hot emotional lava is gurgling inside of us and when it explodes, the … Read More
Mindfulness In Nature
“In every walk with nature,” nature enthusiast and contributor to the National Park system John Muir once wrote, “one receives far more than he seeks.” He felt that “The clearest way into he Universe is through a forest wilderness.” Every … Read More