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Mindfulness 101

Your total guide to everything evidence based mindfulness- from the ground up.

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How to Tap into Your Awareness

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche shares 3 steps to help you accept the ebb and flow of your emotions and learn to meditate anytime, anywhere.

Mindfulness for Grief and Loss

Grief is different for everyone, and it can change over time. Mindfulness can support us in healing and self-discovery after loss and change.

Want a calmer brain? Try this

Read about how meditation alters areas of the brain that help cope with fear and anxiety.

How to Stay Present in Recovery: Mindfulness Techniques

Recovery from substance misuse issues typically requires a new set of coping skills. And while mindfulness certainly shouldn’t be the only tool in your arsenal, it’s an effective device to help you stay in the present moment—as opposed to the past or future. Doing so can help you improve your stress, develop a greater sense of ease, and manage overwhelming emotions.

Weekly Community Meditation Gathering

Take a mindful pause each week with Brown Mindfulness at the School of Professional Studies. This free, 30-minute virtual gathering is open to all—whether you’re brand new to meditation or returning to a long-standing practice.

Mindfulness meditation: A research-proven way to reduce stress

An article about how Psychologists have found that mindfulness meditation changes our brain and biology in positive ways, improving mental and physical health

The Value of Compassionate Incarceration

Incarceration often fails to change behavior and instead deepens harm. In this talk, trauma-informed, mindfulness-based counselor and prison program specialist Jahmaya Kessler shares what he has learned from six years working with incarcerated adults. 

A Powerful Tool in Divorce: Meditation

Tips to use meditation to help get you through one of life’s biggest crises.

Meditation Instruction

Mindfulness meditation is often taught in a 5-step here. Instructions begin with mindfulness of the breath, followed by mindfulness of the body, emotions and thinking and conclude with a discussion on concentration and the application of mindfulness in daily life.