Take a 30‑second Breath in a Dreamy Circle
A little scene from a dream world 🌊 30 seconds to breathe as the circle completes
Start Your Day with Simple Practices for Lasting Balance
How you begin your day can influence how you feel for the rest of it. I often recommend simple morning practices, like mindful breathing, movement, and taking a moment for tea, to help center the mind and support overall health....
Self‑belief Can Trap You; Awareness Breaks Limits
Over time, we build a picture of who we think we are. The ways we cope with stress and discomfort start to feel like proof of our limits. In this video, I explore why self-belief isn’t always working in our favor...
Turn Every Task Into Sacred Meditation
Whatever you are doing in life, you chose it in some way. Do it as the most important thing – it shall become your Meditation. #SadhguruQuotes https://t.co/IVXuu4RwKK
Urbanization Drives Global Decline in Suicide Rates
From my discussion with Marian Tupy of @HumanProgress: As best we can tell, suicide rates are actually going way down, globally. And especially in poorer countries. But you're right also in many rich countries. The United States is something of...
Humming Boosts Nitric Oxide and Triggers Relaxation
Did you know humming increases nitric oxide, a potent vasodilator, and activates the vagus nerve, triggering a relaxation response in the body? Give it a try. Called Brahmari Pranayama https://t.co/J6A0TPIvwS
Healing Requires Both Context and Personal Accountability
As a trauma therapist in Utah, I want to make something explicitly clear: Recognizing the impact Mormonism has on development and mental health does not remove personal accountability. Both can be true. You can be shaped in significant ways— and still be responsible for how...
Stillness Unlocks Intuition, Insight, and Inspiration
It's all in the pause. Your intuition, insight, clarity and inspiration come from a mind that is still. When you experience a pause in the thought stream. Simply being and feeling rather than planning and thinking. https://t.co/ojAlU5tSBk
Daily Meditation Reshapes Brain for Calm, Focus, Resilience
Meditation trains attention, stress regulation, and emotional control. The science is compelling: consistent practice has been linked to measurable changes in brain structure, network activity, and the way the brain responds to stress, pain, and distraction. A few minutes a day may...
One Deep Breath Cuts Through Constant Mental Chatter
Mental chatter goes on all day such that we become habituated to its presence. Unaware that we are lost in thought. A simple practice is to come back to the breath. One slow, deep breath and you are right back...
Emotional Breakthrough Reaffirms as Top Response Predictor
Pleased to be included in this work. Emotional breakthrough as a strong predictor of response (again): https://t.co/pAPCipfd1U
Focused Breathing Centers You in the Present Moment
An intentional focused breath is a beautiful reminder of where you are and what matters most at this moment. https://t.co/vHiGRobUeX
Your Focus Is Your Superpower in Distraction
Where does your superpower lie? In a world that's competing for your attention, your focus is everything. #mindfulness https://t.co/9EA84vEcVB
Turn Ego's Fearful Child Into Written Insight
I experience ego as a terrified child. Meditate on one fearful thought, move it from your head to paper, and follow the simple directions below. xoxo bk Download the One-Belief-At-A-Time Worksheet: thework.com/downloads theworkofbyronkatie #byronkatie #innerwisdom #selfhelp #selfinquiry #healingjourney #selflovejourney #dailylesson #mindfulness #TheWork
Pause, Finish Tasks, and Restore Daily Clarity
Rushing from one task to the next leaves a trail of unfinished moments behind. Finishing what’s in front of us, facing the task we’re avoiding, and taking small pauses to plan and reflect can bring clarity back into the day. Read on...
Thich Nhat Hanh Links True Love to Self‑Knowledge Rivers
The great Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh on true love and the 5 rivers of self-knowledge https://t.co/nPsSrDxUQ2
Kind Inner Dialogue Transforms Your Life
Listen to your inner voice and see what it's saying to you. Is it kind? Are you compassionate with yourself? Challenging thoughts are the first step in changing your inner narrative. Change the mind. Change your life. #mindfulness https://t.co/fdgDUuUbG6
Naming Emotions Creates Mental Space and Improves Regulation
Labeling your emotions may seem too simple to be effective but research shows it creates a sense of mental space. Labeling activates your brain's PFC, calms the amygdala, and increases emotional clarity. It supports better decision making, emotional regulation, and...
Optimism Begins with Personal Grounding, Not Viral Validation
I asked @ShiraLazar how she stays optimistic while fighting for an industry that often fights back. Her answer had nothing to do with platforms, algorithms, or follower counts. It starts with taking her dog outside in the morning. Feeling the sun. Breathing....
New Member Joins BSMS Med School Breathwork Lab
Latest team member to be added to the @BSMSMedSchool Breathwork Lab: @UrgeToBreathe (https://t.co/hNpPkC9fBS). Big up @dmt_quest x @ResearchHub for putting me in a position to get these amazing people together in a room every couple weeks.
Doctors Hide Their Struggles, Forget Their Own Well‑Being
🧵 No one talks about this part of being a doctor. You keep showing up. Even when you’re tired. Even when you don’t feel like it. Even when life outside is falling apart. Because patients don’t see your bad days. They see a doctor. So you hold...
Shallow Breathing Fuels Anxiety, Mastery Calms Nervous System
Do you notice when you are uptight, you breathe in a shallow way? Our emotional state affects our breath. In yoga the reverse is also believed to be true. Shallow breathing perpetuates anxiety. Physiologically, the mastery of our breath is...
Focus on What You Can Control, Reduce Stress
Many of us get stressed trying to control the uncontrollable. Here's the good news: Peace of mind doesn’t come from controlling everything. It comes from mastering the small circle of things you 𝘤𝘢𝘯 control: your beliefs, your mindset, your attention, your reactions. Your brain...
Find Freedom in Simply Being, Not Performing
30 seconds to breathe inside of a dream where the ocean breeze sings: “ you do not have to perform here… you are free to just be”
Mindfulness: Embrace Presence, Sensory Awareness, and Non‑Attachment
#Mindfulness is remaining present moment focused, self aware, engaging the five senses and developing perspective. It’s letting go of resistance to what’s happening. It’s learning the art of non attachment. If we're caught up in a stream of reaction or...
Release Labels, Feel the Sensation, Let It Pass
The fastest way to solve a problem is to stop labeling it as a problem. Feel the sensation in your body. Allow it to be there. Let it pass.
Slow Breathing Unlocks Greater Mental Control
The rate of your breath and the state of your mind are inseparable. The slower you breathe, the more control you have over your mind. https://t.co/b9qSjPQOjN
Joy Blooms When You Act Without Reason
Neuroscience shows that you will unlock a new level of joy when you start doing things for no reason at all 🧠 Delayed gratification is great, but constantly living outside of the present moment is not great. All we have...
Avoiding Anxiety Inflates Perceived Worst‑case Likelihood
Avoidance of anxiety producing situations reinforces the incorrect perception that the worst case scenario is far more likely than it actually is. https://t.co/VSZtOzaQ3q
Find Safety in Stillness, Answers Will Follow
You do not need to figure it all out today. You just need to return to a state of physiological safety. The answers come in the stillness.
Discover Your True Self Beyond Society's Narrative
Your goal is to reveal yourself to yourself. I'm talking about what's on the inside. Not what you've been fed by society. Dive deep into self discovery. https://t.co/ltNL93fyPa
Ground Your Mind: Notice What You See, Feel, Hear
Your mind may be all over the place but your body is always present. So when you're distracted, come to your senses. What can you see, feel hear and touch? The keys under your fingers, the surface of the chair...
Springsteen Shares How He Battles Depression and Darkness
Bruce Springsteen on surviving depression and his strategy for living through the visitations of the darkness https://t.co/NzkiZ9XQDF
Action Beats Overthinking: Ask If It Really Matters
Overthinking = Stuck in a mental maze. Here’s how to break the cycle: Step 1: Ask yourself: Am I replaying the same thought? 👉 If no, acknowledge it without judgment. Let it drift away. 👉 If yes, ask: Can I affect...
Join the Free Daily Meditation Challenge on Dan Harris App
Check out the “Even You Can Meditate” Challenge on the 10% with Dan Harris app. Each day of the challenge will feature a different style of meditation from Seb. It's happening NOW so sign up for the app at the...
Empty the Mind to Cultivate Lasting Inner Peace
A primary method for gaining a mind full of peace is to practice emptying the mind. ~ Napoleon Hill https://t.co/PxsCMAhX3b
Emotion Regulation Is a Complex Executive Function Process
So FYI emotion regulation is an executive functioning task. Regulating emotions requires that you - notice that you are having an emotion - control the initial impulse of the emotion - think through what the emotion indicates about what you might need - inhibit...
Change Happens When We Fully Accept Ourselves
The paradox is we can only change when we accept ourselves just as we are. #mindfulness https://t.co/j8KGb00B7g
See Everything Fresh: Embrace Beginner's Mindfulness
Observe a person, situation, or environment as if for the first time. Adopt a "beginner's mind" which is key to a new perspective, intuition, and insight. You will also appreciate the little gifts you don't ordinarily pay attention to. #mindfulness...
Diaphragmatic Breathing Boosts Nitric Oxide, Fights Microbes
Do you breathe diaphragmatically? Place a hand on your abdomen. It should rise with each inhale, fall with each exhale. When you engage the abdomen like this, you oxygenate the lower lobes of your lungs, and trigger nitric oxide...
Bezos' 25‑Year‑Old Stress Tip Still Backed by Science
25 Years Ago, Jeff Bezos Said This Is the Best Way to Deal With Stress. Science Says He’s Still Right. https://t.co/uCBXiXyq4u #stress #mentalhealth #lifehacks
Inner Stability Unlocks Freedom and Unleashes Your Genius
Shambhavi Mahamudra brings an inner stability so that outside situations do not determine the nature of your experience. If you earn this one freedom, your genius will naturally begin to unfold. #SadhguruWisdom https://t.co/N8cnhhfDHO
Start the “Even You Can Meditate” Challenge Today
For the full #10percenthappier episode with Pete Holmes, head over to our YouTube channel. And head over to the 10% with Dan Harris app where we are running the "Even You Can Meditate" challenge that starts TODAY. Link in bio....
Observe, Don’t Push Away, to Choose Your Focus
Thoughts and emotions shift like moving clouds. Don't push difficult ones away-just be open to observing what's on your mind. This observation gives you greater choice where to focus your attention. #mindfulness https://t.co/TedhBYhWTa
Future Clarity Comes From Present‑Moment Focus
To receive clarity about your future, your mind must be fully focused in the present. #Mindfulness https://t.co/GaVNYqH9sU
Expectancy Effects Vary: Present in TAD, Not PAT
I can’t let this point go w’out comment. @psybalazs is first author on work that showed expectancy effects between PAT and a TAD are not uniform. They were operative for the TAD but not PAT. Why isn’t that cited?! https://t.co/kb9wrkAmVb
Perspective Shift: Worse Could Happen, Gratitude Helps
Things can always get worse. This is a little mental health trick sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t. Being grateful and having gratitude does help, but sometimes not right away #cryptowendyo #mentalhealth #mindset #gratitude 
Embrace the Pause: Find Magic in Stillness
Take advantage of the power of the pause.. between two breaths, between words, thoughts, and actions. There is magic in stillness. #mindfulness https://t.co/2SZVuCOSqc
Meditation: Prioritize Focus and Intention Over Time
When learning #meditation it's less about time and more about the quality of focus and intention. https://t.co/2k7p7ecRXb
Choose Calm: Own Your Feelings, Reduce Reactivity
You're in charge of how you feel. Today choose to be calmer, centered within, less reactive to inner and outer pressures. #mindfulness https://t.co/nmloKuejm9