The Science Of Love

Barry Boyce reports on the growing number of scientists and researchers who are studying how to bring out the best in human nature.

The Pioneer: Jon Kabat-Zinn on working toward a Mindful Society

As creator of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Jon Kabat-Zinn has brought the benefits of meditation practice to thousands of people.

The Hidden Treasure of Anger

Your throat is contracting, your fists are clenching—but don’t deny your anger, says Polly Young-Eisendrath.

Brain, Body & Benefits: The Science of Mindfulness

Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. looks for the “active ingredient” that makes mindfulness so beneficial to our health, psyche, and quality of life.

Making the Right Choice as a Consumer

Daniel Goleman says the key to becoming a socially engaged consumer is to be mindful at the moment we’re deciding whether to buy something. Knowing the full range of its impacts is one of the best things we can do for ourselves and for the Earth.

Take 5 — Beginning your personal practice of mindfulness

In this excerpt from her book, Deborah Schoeberlein teaches how to "Take 5" and get started now with mindfulness practice.

The Mindful Society: Overcoming Shyness

Barry Boyce on overcoming shyness and social anxiety with mindfulness-based stress reduction.

Seth and Willie

His son’s pity party prompts Daniel Asa Rose to take him for a bike ride. Along the way, they pause for a lesson on suffering—and gratitude.

mindful cooking, mindfulness in the kitchen, Edward Espe Brown, Tassajara, Lion's Roar, kale, cutting vegetables

Let Your Passion Cook: Mindful Living in the Kitchen

Being mindful in the kitchen is to experience your experience without judging good or bad, right or wrong, says Edward Espe Brown.

“Are some Buddhist magazines behind the times?”

Are some Buddhist magazines behind the times? That's the question, posed by James of The Buddhist Blog. Rod Meade Sperry answers him.

Bringing mindfulness practice to troubled youth

The Khyentse Foundation recently awarded a special grant to the Mind Body Awareness Project (MBA) recognizing this unique program.

What’s happened to Sonam? Jaimal Yogis follows up on the fortunes of a spiritual friend

A follow up to his article "So Sad, No Problem," that Saltwater Buddha author Jaimal Yogis shared of Sonam, a Tibetan Buddhist monk.

Training to Sit and Run

On the zafu and on the trail, Ed Brickell vows to honor his teachers past and present.

The Mindful Society: Practicing with Cancer

Barry Boyce's Mindful Society column about Elana Rosenbaum, who used mindfulness practice to help herself through cancer treatment.

So Sad, No Problem

Roaming India after a painful breakup, Jaimal Yogis befriends a monk who teaches him an unexpected lesson about happiness.

The Hard Work of Dying

Simplifying, forgiving, and letting go — Stan Goldberg on working toward the good death.

Start With Your Body

A panel discussion with Phillip Moffitt, Cyndi Lee, Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and Reggie Ray. Introduction by Anne Carolyn Klein.

Google Searches

Hot-shot geeks at the world’s leading information company are taking a ground-breaking course called Search Inside Yourself.

Love’s Legacy Lost

A child of one economic crisis, he died on the eve of another. His son James Kullander reflects on the sadness of a legacy lost.

The Mindful Society: Teach Our Children Well

Barry Boyce's Mindful Society column from the September 2009 issue of Lion's Roar magazine about educational mindfulness initiatives.