How-To Guide on Mindfulness Meditation from a Stanford Neurosurgeon

The simple practices of mindfulness meditation can help us accomplish major goals in life. Just concentrating on our pattern of breathing, for example, brings us into a more reflectional state that helps us quiet our inner, distracting dialogue.

In this interview, Stanford neurosurgeon James Doty, author of Into the Magic Shop, reflects on his own experience with meditation and explains how taming your mind and opening your heart can help you reclaim some of life’s most difficult experiences...