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3 Strategies to Improve Focus: PART 2

Mindfulness Strategies to Improve Focus 1. Develop Attention Anchors. Having a tangible way to bring your mind back to the present can help you stay on task. Taking a few deep breaths, clapping your hands or spending a minute pacing can all serve as ways to re-anchor yourself in the present. Rather than trying to stop […]

Applying Mindfulness Strategies to Manage ADHD, PART1

Applying Mindfulness Strategies to Manage ADHD Even at the best of times, our mind naturally tends to wander, browsing for something more immediately pleasurable to settle on. For those with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), staying focused on one thing is a daunting challenge unless the activity is inherently rewarding. However, in contrast […]

Exercise for Holiday Season

December. It’s the time for traveling, meetings, lots of eating, reflections, and some rest. Here is an exercise you can do to shake off the feelings of fatigue and boost your energy levels. It also helps you digest food in a gentle way and have some time for mind-body talk and reflections. This exercise is […]

3 Step Deep Breathing Remedy to Ease Tension, Pain & Stress

Breathing plays key roles in relieving tension in the body. A long exhalation in particular has shown great impact on stress coping and tension alleviation. When the breath is combined with conscious attention, studies show that it has therapeutic effects on physical, mental and emotional stress. After a few deep breaths, we feel less tense […]

What Mindfulness Means to Me Guest Blog at MIT Radius

I have my second guest blog atTechnologyForMindfulness.com. It’s an essay about What Mindfulness Means to Me: “Synchrony of Action and Stillness”.Mindfulness to me is a mental yin-yang state where there is no yin-yang but the experience. This experience allows me to feel a part of the whole wherever I am. I hope you enjoy it. […]

Sky-like Stillness

Under tall old pine trees in my meadow, one of my three goats stands tall with her front paws up in the air and her neck as straight as the old pine stems, then drops her head toward his sibling’s head. “Clash!” She is Pepper. The unfortunate little one, Twig, cries out and runs behind […]

Guest Blog: If Buddha Had A Smartphone

I have a guest blog atTechnologyForMindfulness.com. It’s a brief pieceabout how Buddha would respond if his cell phone rings while he’s busy with something such as meditation or advising others.

Mindful Movement and Deep Breathing a Self-Care Tool: MBX-12 at Harvard, Conclusion

Mindful Movementand Deep Breathing a Self-Care Tool: MBX-12 at Harvard Series, Part 8 Conclusion Presented for Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine, Harvard Extension School: PSYC E-1037. Notes by Sang H. Kim, Ph.D. These notes are intended as additional resources for my brief presentation for the Psychology Extension course at Harvard University. This is based on my […]

Effects of Mindful Movement on Neuroendocrine Regulation

Effects of Mindful Movement on Neuroendocrine Regulation: Part 7 Presented for Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine, Harvard Extension School: PSYC E-1037. Notes by Sang H. Kim, Ph.D. These notes are intended as additional resources for my brief presentation on October 21, 2014, for Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine, which is a Psychology Extension course at Harvard University. […]

Mind-body Practice Randomized Controlled Trial for PTSD Part 6

Mindful Movement and Deep Breathing As a Self-Care Tool, Part 6 Presented for Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine, Harvard Extension School: PSYC E-1037. Notes by Sang H. Kim, Ph.D. These notes are intended as additional resources for my brief presentation on October 21, 2014, for Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine, which is a Psychology Extension course at […]