As we’d reported here earlier, Adam Yauch (aka MCA) of the Beastie Boys has been battling cancer, in the form of a tumor on his parotid gland.
Inner-City Inner Peace
Barry Boyce reports on the Holistic Life Foundation, whose programs aim to reach underprivileged kids and teach them mindfulness techniques.
The Healing Power of Mindfulness
Barry Boyce convenes a distinguished panel to discuss the health benefits of mindfulness — what it does, how to do it, why it works.
Healing the Whole Person
It’s caring, it’s cost-effective, and it works. Is integrative medicine the future of health care? A report by Kelly McGonigal, PhD.
Frank Ostaseski on how to offer compassionate companionship to the dying
Danny Fisher interviews Frank Ostaseski about his work with the Zen Hospice Project and the upcoming Metta Institute program.
Barry Boyce announces MINDFUL and MINDFUL.ORG, new from the Shambhala Sun Foundation
Barry Boyce announces the new special print publication, Mindful, as well as a companion website, Mindful.org
Photos: Burma’s Buddhist Home for Aged People, a “Happy Place”
Ira de Reuver is a freelance photographer from the Netherlands, and she shares photos from her trip to Myanmar (Burma).
Mindfulness… for the Cure
James Gimian discusses the Jon Kabat-Zinn mindfulness conference at UCLA and the exciting new meditation research.
Mindfulness and the cessation of suffering: An exclusive new interview with mindfulness pioneer Jon Kabat-Zinn
Danny Fisher interviews Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn about his mindfulness-based stress reduction as “Buddhist meditation without the Buddhism”.
Shambhala Sun Audio: An interview with “How To Be Sick” author Toni Bernhard
In an audio interview, Toni Bernhard speaks about how she’s come to find joy despite the pain and limitations caused by her sickness.