by Shawn Radcliffe | Jul 16, 2020 | Health, Meditation, Yoga
For many people, their smartphone is more likely to be a source of distraction than a pathway to greater mindfulness. But like all technology, the smartphone is just a tool, one that can be used for good or evil. In this case, “evil” is flitting from one app to...
by Shawn Radcliffe | Jul 9, 2020 | Health, Meditation, Yoga
If there’s one group of people who could use some of the stress-relieving benefits of yoga and mindfulness, it’s teachers. In one survey, over half of teachers reported feeling excessive stress several days a week. Over a quarter said they felt that way every day. As...
by Shawn Radcliffe | Jul 2, 2020 | Health, Meditation, Yoga
As the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 spread around the world, many countries put in place lockdown measures. While these public health measures slowed the movement of the virus, they had unintended effects on the mental health of people whose daily lives and...
by Shawn Radcliffe | Jun 25, 2020 | Health, Meditation, Yoga
Most people will be exposed to a traumatic event at some point in their lives, either directly or indirectly. In one global survey by the World Health Organization, 70 percent of people had experienced at least one such event, with an average of three per person. This...
by Shawn Radcliffe | Jun 11, 2020 | Health, Meditation, Yoga
Recently I wrote about common barriers to practicing mindfulness such as illness, doubt, or laziness. Many of us have experienced at least one of these when sitting down to meditate or even when deciding whether to go to a yoga class. But there are also wider social...
by Shawn Radcliffe | Jun 4, 2020 | Health, Meditation, Yoga
Mindfulness offers a number of benefits such as reduced anxiety, improved thinking ability, and best of all, helping the brain minimize distractions. But these benefits only show up after regularly practicing mindfulness, which may be the hardest part of being...
