Getting Started Articles & Practices - Mindful https://www.mindful.org/category/meditation-practices/getting-started/ Healthy Mind, Healthy Life Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:48:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.mindful.org/content/uploads/cropped-Mindful-logo-blue-550px-1-48x48.png Getting Started Articles & Practices - Mindful https://www.mindful.org/category/meditation-practices/getting-started/ 32 32 Discovering What’s Alive for You Right Now https://www.mindful.org/maw-m5-discovering-whats-alive-for-you-right-now/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:21:59 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=664315 Our sense of purpose isn’t a fixed point, it’s dynamic. In fact, considering what's most alive for you right now helps you define your purpose.

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]]> Connecting With Why You Meditate Can Fuel Your Motivation https://www.mindful.org/does-why-you-meditate-matter/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:54:26 +0000 http://mindfuladmin.wpengine.com/?p=9626 If meditation is feeling just one more thing on your to-do list, try this intention practice to connect with why you meditate.

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]]> A Meditation on Endings https://www.mindful.org/a-meditation-on-how-we-meet-endings/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:42:22 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=36929 By drawing our attention to endings and our developed habits about the way we meet endings, we can learn how to step fully into our lives with appreciation and gratitude, says Frank Ostaseski.

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]]> What’s Good About Being You: How Mindfulness Helps You Get to Know Yourself https://www.mindful.org/whats-good-about-being-you/ Mon, 29 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/whats-good-about-being-you/ Carolyn Rose Gimian on how the courage to be present and aware is the doorway to get to know yourself and genuinely befriend yourself.

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]]> Calm and Steady: Simple Ways to Create the Habit of Mindfulness https://www.mindful.org/calm-and-steady-simple-ways-to-create-the-habit-of-mindfulness/ Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:56:25 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=665752 Like many other areas in life, mindfulness can bring us the deepest benefits when we engage in regular practice. Easier said than done, we know—so we’ve crafted this guide to help you ask the right questions, set intentions, and experience the joy of staying with your practice.

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]]> Do I Need to Meditate to Be Mindful? https://www.mindful.org/do-i-need-to-meditate-to-be-mindful-2/ Sat, 15 Nov 2025 12:26:06 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/do-i-need-to-meditate-to-be-mindful-2/ Ed Halliwell explores a common question asked by those new to mindfulness meditation: Do I need to meditate to be mindful?

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]]> A Guided Meditation You Can Do Sitting at Your Desk https://www.mindful.org/meditate-at-your-desk/ Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:39:05 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=17090 Need a mindful break at work? Here’s an anytime, anywhere guided practice that can help you find a moment of calm.

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]]> The One Thing You Can Do to Make Meditation a Habit https://www.mindful.org/the-one-thing-you-can-do-to-make-meditation-a-habit/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 19:26:15 +0000 http://mindfuladmin.wpengine.com/?p=9712 Mindfulness is growing rapidly, but there's one thing missing from the conversation that helps make meditation a habit that sticks, Ed Halliwell writes.

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]]> Formal vs. Informal Mindfulness: 2 Ways to Practice https://www.mindful.org/formal-vs-informal-mindfulness-2-ways-to-practice/ Fri, 29 Aug 2025 14:08:49 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=664250 In this 2-minute video, meditation teacher Christiane Wolf explains what “formal” and “informal” mean when it comes to mindfulness.

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]]> Will My Well-Being Increase If I Meditate? https://www.mindful.org/will-well-increase-meditate/ Mon, 18 Aug 2025 19:06:06 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=19653 The question that nearly all prospective meditators have: Will you actually have greater health and well-being if you meditate? Mindfulness teacher Steven Hickman addresses the question from a scientific (and pragmatic) perspective.

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