From a developmental perspective, children’s thinking tends to be more concrete and their attention spans shorter than adults’. As such, in teaching children exercises to optimize their mental health, ...

Mindfulness activities may help teens and students reduce stress and anxiety, manage their emotions, and pay attention to the present. Mindfulness exercises may also help with mild depression in teens ...

In a world brimming with distractions and stress, mindfulness has become a sanctuary for those seeking inner peace and well-being. This practice, rooted in Buddhist meditation, teaches us to pay full ...

If one of your resolutions for 2024 is to get a better handle on your health in the new year, you're not alone. While there's plenty of well-known health advice out there — say, that regular movement ...

Step tracking with mindfulness training delivered via a mobile app boosts people's desire to exercise. A new study from the Centre for Motivation and Behaviour Change at the University of Bath has ...

Allison Kenien’s five-year-old daughter struggled with paying attention during remote learning. When online classes started provoking tears, Keinen, a mother of two in New York, knew she had to try ...

Practicing mindfulness to relieve anxiety can be just as effective as medication, new research shows. A recent study published in JAMA Psychiatry showed that people who received eight weeks of ...

Mindfulness meditation worked as well as a standard drug for treating anxiety in the first head-to-head comparison. The study tested a widely used mindfulness program that includes 2½ hours of classes ...

Mindfulness is a type of meditation that involves paying attention to your experiences without judgement. The term can cover various forms of meditation, including transcendental meditation, guided ...

A new study from the Centre for Motivation and Behaviour Change at the University of Bath has found that combining step tracking with mindfulness training delivered via a mobile app can significantly ...