Co-authored by Brady Howe, Mental Performance Coach and Director of Sports Medicine at Grand Canyon University. What is mindfulness? We hear this term everywhere, but what does it actually mean?

Mindfulness as a means of stress reduction has proven effective for healthy individuals, according to research published in the Journal of Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine by authors Manoj Sharma ...

A recent study out of Beijing tested whether a short daily mindfulness routine could meaningfully improve how college table tennis players think, feel, and handle stress. Table tennis, while a ...

Two new studies suggest that mindfulness -- the practice of focusing one's awareness on the present moment -- can enhance academic performance and mental health in middle-schoolers. Two new studies ...

The practice of mindfulness could have a positive impact on the mental health of children and, potentially, their academic performance, a recent study found. The new study, published on Aug. 27, ...

Understanding the neuroscience and physiological basis of the brain and training its networks to combat anxiety and life's stressors Professor Andra Smith, from the School of Psychology at the Faculty ...

Our hurry-up, fast-paced, technologically advanced, got-to-get-it-done, drive-through world, where time is a luxury and life is compounded by a constant stream of late-breaking news, has us in the ...

Back in 2018, I wrote an article about some new research showing that mindfulness training could improve mental and physical performance in elite athletes. It was a heady time for mindfulness, and my ...

Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry (print and digital media). A freelance writer/stay-at-home dad since 2008, Hawkins started his career with ...

As people move through life, they can unknowingly operate on autopilot. Many of us spend our days worrying about the future or ruminating on the past, with little thought to the here and now. This ...