Month: June 2016
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Is Living in the Here-and- Now Everything You Expected?
Is mindfulness, living in the here and now, really everything that people expect? With a little time and practice it can be. It doesn’t matter what your reason was for getting into mindfulness in the first place, becoming more mindful could change you in ways you’ve never even considered. Many people begin their journey into…
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Could Mindfulness be the Solution to Opioid Addiction?
Opioid addiction and overdose has been a growing epidemic, not only in the US, but around the world. It’s estimated that between 26.4 and 23 million people worldwide have an opioid abuse problem. For the many of these people the problem isn’t that they’re using the drugs to get high—often times they begin using these…
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Learn to be Mindful But Don’t Let it Become a To-Do
Is mindfulness something that comes naturally to you? Do you act and think mindfully without any thought or effort? Or is mindfulness just another task on your to-do list? Mindfulness is a wonderful practice, with the variety of ways it can change our lives there’s no wonder that it’s gaining so much interest in today’s…
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amaZEN U: An Amazing Way to Bring Yoga to Schools
Yoga in schools is something that has been a controversial topic since it was introduced in public schools years ago. Having roots in Hinduism there has been the question of whether yoga is a religious practice, and thus violating the separation between church and state. Some argue that the religious association of yoga means…
