Mindfulness has been a buzzword for the last ten years or so. It’s a practice that goes back thousands of years, originating from ancient Eastern and Buddhist philosophy. The modern mindfulness practice is more straightforward and goal-oriented, allowing practitioners to reap its benefits without ...
work, or other daily tasks deliberately and purposefully. You can practice mindfulness while you clean the house, mow the lawn, drive to work, or exercise. Doing so may make chores more pleasant, including those you may have found particularly undesirable. Research shows that mindfulness can ...
Managers might need to develop and maintain a conducive post-training work environment that encourages the employees' mindfulness practices at work. Overall, this research note suggests research directions for management scholars and informs the organisational leaders' and managers' decisions concerning the...
How does mindfulness work? When practicing mindfulness, there are distinct shifts that take place in our bodies and minds. Many people experience positive health benefits due to their mindfulness practice. While the mechanisms behind why mindfulness can improve health are not fully understood, researche...
Yoga at its core is a physical and mental practice blending movement and breathing into both a workout and a mindfulness practice. Postures and movements help you experience and connect with your peripheral awareness, while your breathing helps anchor you and challenges your focused awareness, leadin...
If you see yourself in this Type A description, you might be rolling your eyes at the very thought of slowing down enough to try a mindfulness practice. The reality is that type As are more likely to benefit from mindfulness. That’s because it can help you focus on what’s really impo...
This gets easier with practice, and some children actually adapt to it more quickly than adults (who are often conditioned into constant multi-tasking at work and at home). Practice Mindfulness Meditation Mindfulness meditation for adults moves beyond the simple breathing exercise above. However, it...
Staying at the top of corporate culture takes focus, stamina, vision and self-care. To thrive as leaders and achieve their goals, many top CEOs and industry leaders — including Arianna Huffington, Oprah Winfrey and Bill Gates — incorporate, adopt and share mindfulness practices in their work...
At Talkspace, however, we believe that when used properly, technology can actually foster mindfulness. When we instinctively lunge to answer the phone as soon as it goes off, that’s probably the epitome of mindlessness. It’s an automatic reaction; we don’t think about it – we just do...
Research also suggests that mindfulness practices may improve your body's resistance to illness. One study compared the impact of both mindfulness and exercise on immune function.3They found that people who had taken part in an eight-week mindfulness course had fewer days missed at work than thos...