MADRID — The Spanish bishops’ conference said that the “mindfulness” movement and other Eastern meditation techniques cannot be considered a “properly Christian” practice of prayer. The Spanish ...

*In today’s hyperactive and distracting world, we could all benefit from learning to be more present and mindful. By living in the moment, you can better appreciate the world around and develop an ...

ANN ARBOR, MI -- It’s hard to take care of other people without recharging yourself first, Diana Racek said. That’s the inspiration behind Bliss Retreat, a six-hour event that teaches different forms ...

Practicing mindfulness meditation using a mobile application for a month can help people process visual information and ...

With summer weather and the sun shining, getting outside for some fresh air is highly appealing right now. Whether you head out in the morning to get energized for a busy day or in the evening to wind ...

It’s no secret that meditation is a great tool for promoting calm, reducing stress, anxiety, and depression, and for becoming more present and focused in your everyday life. For runners, in particular ...

The mindfulness style of meditation relaxes attention, leading to a more open, spacious sort of awareness. While many programs and authors are currently using the term mindfulness as an umbrella to ...

Jon Kabat-Zinn: "I didn’t encounter any kind of pushback in the medical world around what I was doing or in the more mainstream world. Certainly, athletes know right from the get-go, that their ...

I am sitting on a folding chair in a dim, carpeted room, waiting for my turn to introduce myself. There is a loosely defined half-circle of women around me in the meditation room, but I have ...