We are a culture addicted to instant communication and immediate technologies. The inclusion of meditation and mindfulness in our children’s daily lives verifies the importance of monitoring and caring for mental health as naturally as they do their physical selves.  → Read More

A Sioux saying has it that the longest journey we’ll ever make is the journey from our head to our heart. As an Ivy-league trained academic, some part of me still winces when I hear this kind of adage, thinking it sounds a bit trite or misguided. But if there’s one thing that more than 20 years of mindfulness training has taught me, it’s this: few challenges are more important than making that short and inestimably long trip from the head to the heart.  → Read More