Mindfulness for All is officially coming out on Tuesday, February 5. It is one take on healing the body politic and the world through mindfulness practice, both individually and through working and practicing together to cultivate greater wisdom, compassion, and inclusivity.

LOVE this piece by Anil Seth - one of the clearest descriptions I've seen of prediction & construction in the brain (particularly around "self"). This was written for a teen audience, but an excellent example of skilled science communication for any age! kidspiritonline.com/magazine/reali…

"Just beat my record for most consecutive days without dying." Bill Murray standard.co.uk/news/uk/ground…

In reality, Phil’s prediction is decided ahead of time by the group on Gobbler’s Knob, a tiny hill just outside Punxsutawney. bit.ly/2t1FvIf

Jud Brewer is leading a benefit weekend retreat on the science of mindfulness, all proceeds to support minority-grad-student-training in his lab at Brown U. Here’s a link to learn more: buff.ly/2shThGd

The kind of behavior that really is spiritual practice consists of refraining from falsehood and abiding by the truth, neither humiliating nor mocking others, being humble, and having a good heart and helping others.

“Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now.” Jack Kerouac brainpickings.org/2015/03/12/jac…

One year later: I am better, but I am not the same heartlikeariver.com/2019/04/13/one…

This morning at #SRI2019 ! Looking forward to sharing more from the event with our entire community and the public.

A school in Baltimore sends students to yoga class instead of detention with the help of our OSI-Baltimore grantee Holistic Life Foundation Holistic Life Foundation. The results are amazing!

"Sex with underage women" is a weird way of saying "raping children."

Contemplative practice isn't just meditation! This randomized study examined yoga for sedentary adults with arthritis, and found improvements in physical and psychological health. #MindRxivMondays #openaccess in MindRxiv buff.ly/2lqS8Ml

How does mindfulness-based therapy for depression changes patients' brains? Michael Lifshitz & colleagues found effective treatment functionally decouples top-down control regions from sensory, affective & attentional systems #MindRxivMondays MindRxiv buff.ly/2K05J76

This study piloted a mindfulness program specifically designed to help police officers. In addition to reducing stress and anxiety, the program also helped with hyperarousal symptoms seen in PTSD. Read more in MindRxiv #MindRxivMondays #openaccess buff.ly/2Mex9Zs

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.” -- Friedrich Nietzsche

Herd immunity means 1 million dead Americans. That's what it would take to get to herd immunity. That's not a plan—that's a catastrophe.

BREAKING: The Editorial Board of The New York Times takes the historic step of calling for the prosecution of Donald Trump for his “unprecedented assault” on democracy and argues there’s “far greater risk” if we let him exist “above the law.” RT IF YOU THINK THE TIMES IS RIGHT!

Motherfucking Trump sold the names of our foreign spies and sources, didn't he? Motherfucking Trump. "Last year, a top-secret memo sent to every C.I.A. station around the world warned about troubling numbers of informants being captured or killed..." nytimes.com/2022/08/26/us/…