How did I stumble upon mindfulness and how has it changed my life? If you had asked me 20 years ago about mindfulness, I might have laughed at you. I fancied myself a scientist and an academic, with no room for such fluff. But then life happened and I realized that...
“It is a radical act of love to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.” These words were spoken by one of my favorite teachers, Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, an eloquent advocate for mindfulness for the past 39 years. I am committing daily radical acts of...
WHAT IS MINDFULNESS AND WHY SHOULD I CARE? Mindfulness has become such a buzzword nowadays that it can be easy to dismiss it as just another fad; or to think, ‘Yeah, I took that workshop last year, so I know how to be mindful.’ But knowing how to be mindful and...