MB Mindfulness

  By MeiMei Fox /Forbes  “Mindfulness” has entered our lexicon in the past decade as an effective solution to stress and expectations of round-the-clock work availability, as well as the constant distractions of modern life, including social media, texting, and a relentless news cycle. Studies suggest that practicing meditation, breathing, or simple awareness of the present moment while on the job can not only help us feel more relaxed, but also increase focus and attention span, expand working memory, and enhance our connection to others. As the founder and CEO of Simple Habit, a platform dedicated to mental wellness, Yunha Kim is on a mission to help bring mindfulness into people’s everyday working lives. Simple Habit gathers the world’s leading professionals in meditation, therapy, and coaching into one place in order to provide bitesize audio content to help individuals cope with work stress and the rest of life’s challenges. Her dream...

Andy Puddicombe, co-founder of meditation app Headspace, explains how practising mindfulness might help you better cope with stress, handle daunting projects, and get a better workout By Clay Skipper Originally published by GQ US   We know what you’re probably thinking: if one more person tells you to be “mindful,” you’re going to lose your goddamn mind. How is being mindful of the fact that you’re stressed (or angry, or want to burn down your boss’s house) going to help you actually be less stressed (or angry, or pyromaniacal)? Here’s the secret: it’s probably not. And according to Andy Puddicombe, co-founder of Headspace, the hyper-popular meditation app with a $320 million valuation, you shouldn’t expect it to. “That itself is an interesting thing: the assumption that meditation is designed to eliminate stress or any unpleasant feelings or thoughts from our lives,” says Pud...

By Peter Malinowski Practising mindfulness meditation for 10 minutes a day improves concentration and the ability to keep information active in one's mind, a function known as "working memory". The brain achieves this by becoming more efficient, literally requiring fewer brain resources to do these tasks. Many big claims have been made about the effects of meditation, but too often the scientific evidence behind these claims is weak or even lacking altogether. In our latest study, published in Scientific Reports , we addressed several shortcomings of earlier research to gain more certainty about what changes when people meditate. Collaborating with colleagues from Osnabrück University in Germany, we carried out a randomised controlled study to investigate the effects of mindfulness meditation on cognitive functions that are important in daily life. For our study, we randomly allocated 34 participants to one of two groups. For eight weeks, one gro...