With mindfulness, life’s in the momentBy Liz Mineo n a cold winter evening, six women and two men sat in silence in an office near Harvard Square, practicing mindfulness meditation. Sitting upright, eyes closed, palms resting on their laps, feet flat on the floor, they listened as course instructor Suzanne Westbrook guided them to focus…
7 Simple “Calm-Down Phrases” That Can Blow Away Your Worst TroublesBy Sumitha Have you heard the popular urban legend of the space pen? As the story goes, the US space mission needed something reliable to write with while they were on space missions. None of the pens they had until then worked in the zero-gravity…
Recent studies on mindfulness and attention have demonstrated that with a little work, participants can develop greater ability to focus and self-regulate.