police

Founding Editor Barry Boyce speaks with mindfulness trainer and former police lieutenant Richard Goerling on how mindfulness can ground policing in humanity rather than tactics that often result in severe injury and death. Read more

Founding Editor Barry Boyce considers what contribution mindfulness practice might make to the change people are seeking in police departments. Read more

With police violence in the news, and public scrutiny on the rise, cities turn to mindfulness to help officers deal with the stress of the job. Read more

Richard Goerling, a police lieutenant, talks about how mindful and empathic policing will help police, and the people they have sworn to serve and protect. Read more

Mindfulness can help kids stay out of detention, keep married couples happier longer, and just might help new police officers work through traumatic events. Read more

The heart-wrenching conflict between police and black America, and how mindfulness offers a solution for fostering understanding and inviting transformation. Read more

A police officer of two decades opens up about the protests in Ferguson and New York City and implicit bias in policing. Read more

The Oregonian reports on the groundbreaking mindfulness program underway in the Hillsboro Police Department in Oregon.  Read more

When did you first start practicing mindfulness and why were you motivated to do so? I began practicing several years ago as a means to cope with the acute and chronic stressors of police work, and life’s journey for that matter.  I had been reading a lot about yoga and its efficacy for preventing and […] Read more

"I’m dealing with people who are in great distress.”  Read more