But people can learn mindfulness on their own. Simply learning to focus your attention on your breathing in the present moment is a big part of mindfulness. At a new website we’ve created, called Greater Good in Action, we offer several step-by-step guides to mindfulness practices.Mindfulness helps us focus: Studies suggest that mindfulness helps

A Q&A with Jack Kornfield about giving feedback at work, using social media wisely, and the poetry in his teachings.Studies suggest that long-time meditators may have greater telomere lengths. In one experimental study, researchers found that breast cancer survivors who went through MBSR preserved the length of their telomeres better than those who