mindfulness

A pandemic of crises touching human beings all over the world is leading to a crisis of mental health. As part of our course of Nonviolent Journalism delivered over the summer, we gave our students the task to interview someone.…

The development of “attention” (known in the West as mindfulness, full attention, attention to the present, full consciousness or other similar denominations) is based on an ancestral practice generally linked to the teachings of Eastern mystical schools (Buddhists, Taoists, Sufi…

If mindfulness is to become a force for social and political change it needs to radically expand its scope beyond individual therapy. Ronald Purser for openDemocracy Mindfulness provides important psychological and emotional benefits for individuals, but caring for our own…