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My Year of Living Mindfully – TEDx Talk

Shannon Harvey
March 11, 2022

In the midst of a global mental health crisis, millions of people have turned to mindfulness. But does it actually make us happier and healthier? For my most recent project, I participated in a world-first experiment, in which a team of scientists to put mindful meditation to the test. But after a 30,000 kilometre journey … Read full article »

Amishi Jha, Amit Bernstein, depression, Jon Kabat-Zinn, meditation, mental training, mindfulness, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Mindfulness Based Trauma Recovery for Refugees (MBTR-R), trauma

The New Generation of Scientists Who Will Change the Way You Think About Mindfulness in the Future

May 20, 2020

I’m often asked why I went to so much trouble to make my new documentary My Year of Living Mindfully. The project took me and my co-producer (and husband, Jules Harvey) almost three years from start to finish. It involved a 30,000 kilometres journey around the world from the bright lights of Manhattan to the … Read full article »

Addiction, default mode network, depression, Judson Brewer, McMindfulness, mindfulness, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Mindfulness Based Trauma Recovery for Refugees (MBTR-R), Moments of Refuge, refugee mental health, trauma, Willem Kuyken, Willoughby Britton

The Mindful Myth: It’s Not Actually About Relaxation

October 23, 2019

As a health journalist who writes about the science of the mind-body-health connection and who’s interviewed countless scientists on the subject, you would have thought that when I started making my new documentary about mindfulness, I would have known a thing or two. But just a few weeks into the endeavour I came across a … Read full article »

Herbert Benson, Jon Kabat-Zinn, meditation, mindfulness, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), relaxation, relaxation response, Sara Lazar

What Is Mindfulness Anyway? My Year-Long Quest To Find Out

March 27, 2019

For some, mindfulness is a life-saving psychological tool that pulled them out of the depths of depression, for others it’s a way to disentangle from the grip of addiction. Some use mindfulness to face chronic pain or stressful emotions, while others use it to achieve peak performance at work. Some believe that mindfulness is an … Read full article »

meditation, mindfulness, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

What’s So Great the Most Popular Meditation Course on The Planet?

April 20, 2018

On a stinking hot summer Sydney afternoon I lay in a room with 15 other people, eyes closed, attempting to focus on the present by paying attention to my sensations, thoughts, emotions, and breath. The person next to me was snoring peacefully but I was far from feeling blissed out and “one with the moment.” … Read full article »

chronic pain, chronic stress, meditation, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), stress

How to Meditate – What type? How long? How often?

March 25, 2015

The benefits of meditation are being proven again and again by researchers around the world every day. Scientists have shown meditation can enhance your immune system, it can help you cope with chronic illness, and it can change your brain structure to help with anxiety, focus and attention. But in a world where we … Read full article »

Craig Hassed, Herbert Benson, Jon Kabat-Zinn, meditation, meditation research, mindfulness, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), relaxation response, Sara Lazar, The Connection, transcendental meditation

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My Year Of Living Mindfully – Book

SHIPS IN AUSTRALIA IN 1-2 DAYS. SHIPS INTERNATIONALLY IN 5-7 DAYS. From the director of the internationally acclaimed documentary of the same name, MY YEAR OF LIVING MINDFULLY is a book filled with compelling stories, groundbreaking science, and unexpected insights that go to the heart of what it me Read full article »

The Connection (DOWNLOAD-TO-OWN)

Download 'The Connection' to keep forever. WHAT YOU GET DRM free MP4 download of ‘The Connection’ (73 Mins) Free access to stream of 'The Connection' for 14 days via your downloads page. Please use this option for watching the film on any iOS devices. Subtitles: French, German, Italian, Portuguese & Read full article »

My Year of Living Mindfully (DOWNLOAD-TO-OWN)

Download My Year of Living Mindfully to keep forever. WHAT YOU GET: • A DRM free MP4 download of My Year of Living Mindfully (98 Mins). • Free access to stream My Year of Living Mindfully for 14 days via your downloads page. Please use this option for watching the film on any iOS devices • Subtitles Read full article »

My Year Of Living Mindfully (RENT STREAM)

Get a 14 day pass to stream My Year of Living Mindfully to your computer or smart device. Available in HD. WHAT YOU GET A 14 day pass to stream My Year of Living Mindfully (98 Mins) English Closed Captions are available with streaming Subtitles available in Italian / Portuguese / Spanish / Malay / H Read full article »