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Gil Fronsdal provides a good introduction to the practice of mental noting, and describes how it can help us to gain some objectivity with our thoughts. If we can see our thoughts clearly and name them, we’re less to be caught in them and identify with them. You can access his article here: Mental Noting… Continue reading

The Midwest Alliance for Mindfulness has a good introduction to the foundations of mindfulness taught by the Buddha, including the third foundation, being mindful of the mind and heart. We especially notice whether states of mind like aversion, attachment, or confusion are present or absent. Their article covers all four of the foundations of mindfulness,… Continue reading

Danny Penman and Mark Williams discuss mindfulness of feeling tones (i.e., vedana) in a blog post on the website associated with their book Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World. They describe the nature of feeling tones and describe some ways to meditate with them. They also discuss the way in which mindfulness of feeling… Continue reading

Sara-Mai Conway has a good article that defines and examines the feeling tones (i.e., vedana) and talks about the relationship between learning to practice mindfulness of feeling tones and freedom. You can find her article here: How we Benefit from Mindfulness of Feeling tones

Eugene Cash examines the paradox that awareness of the inevitability of death can enliven our lives and our relationships. You can find his article here: The Paradox of Maranasati Practice Larry Rosenberg provides a good description of approaches to practicing with awareness of death as a way to re-orient our priorities in life, and through… Continue reading

The body scan is a powerful meditation for increasing our awareness of the body, and it became an important part of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), the mindfulness program developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn to help those with cancer and chronic pain at the University of Massachusetts General Hospital. You can find out more about his… Continue reading

Cortland Dahl and Richard Davidson are well known scientific researchers at the University of Wisconsin. Both are also longtime practitioners of Buddhist meditation, and Cortland Dahl is a meditation teacher in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. They developed a framework for wellbeing based on the research results that they and others have developed in the last… Continue reading

Jack Kornfield introduces mindfulness of breathing in an article that describes the basic practice and provides a brief guided meditation on mindfulness of the breath. You can find his article here:  A Daily Breathwork Meditation The Greater Good Science Center has a good introduction to mindfulness of breathing with a verbal description of the practice… Continue reading

Spirit Rock has a practice guide that provides a great introduction to the four foundations (domains) of mindfulness and ways in which we can practice with them. The article includes a description of each domain, or area of experience, and links to guided meditations and talks on practicing with each domain. You can find their… Continue reading

The website Mindful.org has a good introduction to mindfulness from a secular perspective, with basic information on what mindfulness is, plus many suggestions and guided meditations for learning to practice mindfulness, both formally and in daily life. You can find their article here: Getting Started with Mindfulness Phillip Moffitt provides a helpful introduction to mindfulness… Continue reading