December 2021

As the weather changes, we’re spending a little less time outdoors and a little more time inside staying warm. Here are the Mindful editors’ recommendations for a cozy night in. Read more

Our ability to pay attention is unreliable when we’re under stress. In her new book Peak Mind, neuroscientist Amishi Jha explores cutting-edge research on elite soldiers revealing how mindfulness training protects our attentional resources, even in the most high-stress scenarios imaginable. Read more

Mindfulness practices ask us to be open to perspectives beyond our own. Mindful editor-in-chief Heather Hurlock shares how we can honor the gaps between our outlooks and seek to bridge them with compassion. Read more

Explore some uplifting news on how reuniting with their pets helps refugees, pairing yoga and meditation with jazz music in an unexpected location, and more. Read more

Mindful readers share what allows them to feel empowered, and how they carry that power into the world. Read more

From a helmet that can see inside your brain to an app that calls your bluff, take a gander at these recent examples of meditation gadgets. Read more

Educator and linguist James Vukelich Kaagegaabaw explains the mindfulness concepts nested in his ancestral language. Read more

The four elements have the ability to connect us, both internally and externally, with the world around us. Jeanne Corrigal brings her Métis heritage, and her training as an insight meditation teacher, to this guided practice to connect with the four elements within our own body. Read more

Sara Lomax-Reese is trailblazing with innovative ways for people of color to express themselves and be heard. Read more