On a recent Tuesday morning at Lafayette Elementary School in Washington, Sofia Parodi took a coveted seat at the head of the classroom and asked a fellow fourth-grader to switch off the lights.

Mindfulness is the quality or state of being conscious or aware of something. Some schools are opting to teach mindfulness as a part of their lesson plans. When linked to social-emotional learning, ...

Peter Jaret: First, what exactly is mindfulness? Jason Marsh: Mindfulness describes a moment-to-moment awareness of your thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations. It’s a state of being attuned to ...

“There will always be bubbles!” Bryana Kappadakunnel exclaimed as she nestled onto a floor cushion. She has just opened up a newly renovated play space on Pacific Coast Highway in Redondo Beach as ...

One of the major challenges children and youth appear to be currently experiencing is with respect to attention and focus during online classes. These attention and concentration skills are part of a ...

Mindfulness is a practice that involves increasing awareness of the present moment by focusing on thoughts, feelings, and sensations. It can also refer to focusing on one task at a time without ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Tracy Brower writes about joy, community and the future of work. You know that mindfulness has plenty of benefits, but the big ...

The wine industry has often been accused of lacking creativity when it comes to marketing, but leave it to a Champagne house to break the trend. With a clever linkage to the concept of “mindfulness” ...

Recently, an acquaintance of mine got into mindfulness meditation and is now spreading the gospel that meditating every day has not only made her happier and more productive, it’s even helped her heal ...

I can’t say I’m not informed about the benefits of mindfulness. But I still don’t practice it. At least, not in any formal, consistent way. There’s just something—or maybe some things—that seem to get ...