Mindful

Mindful is the groundbreaking new magazine dedicated to helping you live mindfully. The simple practice of being in the moment brings out the best in who you are.

Calling You In

Welcome to mindful • We are dedicated to inspiring and guiding anyone who wants to explore mindfulness to enjoy better health, more caring relationships, and a more compassionate society.

Mindful

Attitude of Gratitude • Mindful readers share what they appreciate and how they show it.

TOP OF mind • Keep up with the latest in the world of mindfulness.

ACTS OF kindness

Research News • Research gathered from the University of Rochester, Yonsei University College, and University of Innsbruck.

REST AND RESET

Learning to Love and Be Loved • Rather than feeling like this pain is just ruining my life, it’s more like this pain has opened a door for me to work with my mind and my heart.

TECH WITH Heart • These new apps have wellness and inclusion woven into their development and aim to help us connect with others and with ourselves without sacrificing our privacy or principles.

MINDFUL OR MINDLESS? • Our take on who’s paying attention and who’s not

THE SIX SECONDS IN BETWEEN • Mindfulness is an indispensable leadership skill that takes moments to practice, and it can shift the paradigm of our working culture.

Simple Ways to Add Purposeful Pauses to Your Workday

THANKS FOR THAT • On difficult days, you may find gratitude hard to come by. But when you make it your plan to welcome life’s vast smorgasbord of experiences, you’ll find lots of delightful treasures to be grateful for.

Give Thanks

THE KINDEST BOUNDARY • Setting and holding boundaries can be challenging, even if you’re not a people-pleaser. But, as Melissa Urban writes in The Book of Boundaries, communicating clearly cuts down on conflict and increases freedom—for those on both sides of the line.

WHY WE TALK to Ourselves • Some of us chatter to ourselves all day long while others’ inner lives take the form of pictures or, like Einstein, abstract visual concepts. But as mindfulness urges us to pay more attention, it’s worth asking: What can our interior life teach us?

Loving Yourself Changes Everything • Learning to take care of your heart, to accept the pain that comes with seeing the people you love suffer, and to be okay with suffering yourself, is the true work of self-love. This except from Ali Smith, Atman Smith, and Andres Gonzalez’s new book Let Your Light Shine illuminates a clear path to healing—and it begins with the breath.

Take a “Busy Brain” Break • The belly breath meditation allows you to explore slow, relaxed, abdominal breathing as an act of self-love.

GRATITUDE FOR THE LOUSY INGRATE • Inspirational posters and embroidered pillows urging gratitude may be all the rage, but if such platitudes give rise to a different kind of rage in you, you’re not alone—and you may benefit from a slightly different path to accessing the many gifts of a regular gratitude practice.

Begin with Gratitude for Your Body • When we take a moment to appreciate what’s happening in our bodies right now, with a spirit of curiosity, we honor all that our bodies do for us every day.

Allow Gratitude to Connect You to All Living Things • When we awaken awe and gratitude for our interdependence, we can infuse a spirit of loving-kindness toward all beings, including ourselves.

Awaken the Flow of Gratitude in Nature • The outdoors offer gentle (and sometimes not so gentle) opportunities to be present with our sensations and our surroundings. Awaken gratitude for the Earth by going outside and noticing what arises.

Counteract Resentment • When we cling to our ideas of what we want, and resist the way things...