It may not ring as clearly, but it can ring as sweetly. Diane Ackerman on her husband’s stroke and the language of healing.
This is Your Brain on Mindfulness
Meditators say their practice fundamentally changes the way they experience life. Michael Baime reports on the neuroscience behind this.
The Best-Laid Plans

A vomiting child in an airport hotel—it wasn’t the vacation she had in mind. Anne Cushman on the teachings of a trip gone awry.
Answering the Call to Serve
Stuart Lord, president of Naropa University, on the value of contemplative education.
Wisdom 2.0: The Digital World Connects
Barry Boyce reports on a group of far-thinking digital leaders who are using mindfulness to humanize the brave new world they have created.
A Higher Education
Line Goguen-Hughes reports on colleges and universities offering contemplative alternatives to conventional forms of study.
The Science of Meditation
The Mind & Life Institute, reports Andrea Miller, explores the intersection between ancient meditative disciplines and modern science.
Sea Change
Teenagers “get” mindfulness; they soak it up and it transforms their lives. Gina Biegel on the best ways to introduce teens to the practice.
Religion Without God
What does it mean to be a religion without a God? More broadly, what does it mean to live without an exterior savior of any kind?