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Intracranial bird watching

All sorts of thoughts flying around your head? Discover intracranial bird watching – a mindful game you can play anywhere!

Mindfulness schmindfulness

A super-sceptic's look at the wellness industry's biggest trend.

Accidental mindfulness & inadvertent forest bathing

Your Wi-Fi may be working fine, but have you lost that other important connection? Discover how regularly connecting with nature can bring about powerful psychological and physical benefits, even if you're not great at meditating.

A simple introduction to mindfulness

Still trying to get your head around mindfulness? In this article you’ll find out the basics and discover five big benefits.

A soothing pause

This mindful compassion practise supports you to reconnect with the present moment and foster a sense of warmth, kindness and care towards your body and mind.

A nourishing breath

This short mindfulness practise helps you to reconnect with the nourishing and supportive quality of your breath.

A compassionate hand for residual stress

This compassion-focused mindfulness meditation will support you in gently releasing any residual stress or tension that you may have taken on from a situation, event or person.

Inner sanctuary

This meditation helps you to connect with your own inner sanctuary of peace, calmness and safety.

A mindful pause

This short practise will help you to reset and recentre your focus to the present moment.

Mindful body scan (long)

This is a simple yet powerful way of bringing your full awareness to different areas of your body, releasing tension and re-centering your focus to the present moment.

Mindfulness – the neuroscience and benefits

Discover the remarkable changes that occur in your brain when you take time out for mindfulness. Learn about the researched benefits and experience them for yourself with short, guided practises.

5-Day Mindfulness Challenge

Take a break from busyness, with a daily dose of mindfulness. Challenge your workmates to join you for five brief, guided sessions.

Cultivating calm

Discover the latest about the physiological benefits of mindfulness meditation. Be guided on simple techniques that can immediately calm and nourish your nervous system.

Mindfulness on the frontline

From emergency services to healthcare, education and defence, mindfulness is helping frontline workers to take on the toughest gigs. Discover practical strategies to protect and support those who serve.

Mindful March

with Dr Sadhbh Joyce, Senior Psychologist & Meditation Teacher

Gain expert insights into the neuroscience of mindfulness; how mindfulness reduces stress and supports wellbeing; myths about mindfulness; Formal vs Informal practise; and developing and honouring a regular practise

The neuroscience and practise of mindfulness

Gain expert insights into the neuroscience of mindfulness; why mindfulness builds resilience; the myths about mindfulness; Formal vs Informal Practise; and developing and honouring a regular practise.

Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise

The world’s most revered mindfulness master shows us how to find peace through silenceWe can spend a lot of time looking for happiness when the world right around us is full of wonder. But our

The Art of Living

Thich Nhat Hanh, the most well-known Zen master in the world, turns his attention to the most important subject of all – the art of living. This book teaches us the importance of looking inside

Transformation & Healing: Sutra on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness

he teachings contained in this The Sutra on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness are fundamental to the practice of meditation, and constitute the foundation of all mindfulness practice.The Sutra has been studied, practiced and handed

AROHA: Māori wisdom for a cnotented life lived in harmony with our planet

Ki te kotahi te kakaho ka whati, ki te kapuia, e kore e whati When we stand alone we are vulnerable but together we are unbreakable See the world differently, through some of the wisest

The Exquisite Risk: Daring to Live an Authentic Life

In these fast-paced times, the exquisite risk facing each of us every day is to slow down and “still our own house” so that we may experience life rather than simply manage it. In “The

Full Catastrophe Living

FULL CATASTROPHE LIVING is a manual for developing your own personal meditation practice and learning how to use mindfulness to promote improved health and healing in your own life. It is based on Jon Kabat-Zinn’s

Dadirri

Dr Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr discusses ‘Dadirri’, the practise of Deep Inner Listening and quiet still awareness, which connects us and nurtures spiritual well-being

How to take a mindful pause

Dr Sadhbh Joyce

Discover a range of simple tips to help you pause and relax . In this ten minute lesson you will experience a basic guided mindfulness exercise, which you can make use of whenever you need a break.

The science behind mindfulness as a tool for happiness

Dr Hedy Kober

In this World Economic Forum talk, Yale researcher Dr Hedy Kober explains the basics of mindfulness. Discover some of the many benefits for your brain & find out how mindfulness can help you through life’s messy bits.

Meditation and mindfully getting in the middle

Brad Heckman

With plenty of good humour, bad puns and hand-painted illustrations, New York Peace Institute CEO Brad Heckman explains how taking a mindful approach can prevent conflicts from turning ugly.

Breath of Life: The Respiratory Vagal Stimulation Model of Contemplative Activity

Contemplative practices, such as meditation and yoga, are increasingly popular among the general public and as topics of research. Beneficial effects associated with these practices have been found on physical health, mental health and cognitive

Vagus nerve stimulation: a physical therapy with promising potential for central nervous system disorders.

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), as a physical therapy has shown promising outcomes in some CNS diseases and has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States for epilepsy and depression.

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS): recent advances and future directions

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is emerging as a potent intervention, particularly within neurology and psychiatry. The clinical value of VNS continues to grow, while the development of noninvasive options promises to change a landscape that

Meta-analytic evidence that mindfulness training alters resting state default mode network connectivity.

This meta-analysis sought to expand upon neurobiological models of mindfulness through investigation of inherent brain network connectivity outcomes, indexed via resting state functional connectivity (rsFC).  The researchers conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of rsFC

Neuroimaging in meditation practitioners

This systematic review and meta-analysis answers the question “is meditation associated with altered brain structure?”

Mindfulness practice & grey matter density

Ready to build your brain? Discover how mindfulness practice increases regional brain grey matter density.