Flowers has been teaching Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for thirteen years. About six years ago, he developed an online class using conferencing software so participants could take part from all over the world. During one of these classes, he encountered a doctoral candidate working on a thesis on mindfulness and shyness. Before too long, Flowers became interested in helping shy people reduce anxiety and have more fulfilling relationships by practicing mindfulness, and he has now written The Mindful Path Through Shyness: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Help Free You from Social Anxiety, Fear & Avoidance (New Harbinger Publications)....

As we reported in the April 2013 issue of Mindful magazine, Ali, Atman, and Andy founded the Holistic Life Foundation in 2001. Starting with 20 fifth-grade boys, the foundation’s after-school program introduced yoga, mindfulness, urban gardening, and teamwork to children in the neighborhood in an effort to revive the community through its youngest, most vulnerable members. In a city where the dropout rate for high school students is routinely higher than 50%, 19 of those first 20 boys graduated and the other got his GED....

Do you remember your earliest encounter with yoga or mindfulness? Around 1999, I took my first yoga class, and I didn’t like it. My mind didn’t stop moving—it just kept accelerating through my worries, my to-do list. I felt that slowing down with yoga would be detrimental to my performance. You were more comfortable with hard work? My parents—my dad, a retired police lieutenant, in particular—instilled in me a drive for hard work....

Are you new to our Love on the Run Series?! These quick ideas are designed to recapture the romance in 10 minutes tops! For more details and great ideas click HERE! When we say 10 minutes tops, we mean it! Follow the link here for a set of 14 cute love notes. Sprinkle them in your man’s office or car for a fun surprise! {there is a Valentine card, you can save it for next V-day or just cross off the word “Valentine” – lol} It’s THAT easy!...

Before we begin, do note that we have a ton of content on the site at this point, so feel free to check it out. That being said, since launch, Google shared 8 official videos via its Made by Google YouTube channel. Some of these videos focus on the hardware and specs of the products, while others are more software-focused. We’ll talk about them below, as we’ve split them into separate categories....