Latest Posts on Engaged Mindfulness & Teaching Mindfulness

Learn the difference between formal mindfulness practice (meditation) and informal mindfulness, and how to integrate both into your daily life for less stress and more peace.

The Engaged Mindfulness Institute programming isn’t about quick fixes or abstract ideas—it’s a community where real people learn, practice, and support one another to bring mindfulness into their daily lives and work.

At Engaged Mindfulness Institute, gratitude isn’t an afterthought. It’s woven into the heart of every practice, every circle, every shared breath.

Equanimity sees the deeper patterns of existence—the constant flow of arising and passing away, the interconnectedness of all phenomena, and the futility of trying to control outcomes.

Emmanuel pressed his finger into a bullet wound on his head, recounting the massacre at Murambi Technical School,

“I hope that through meditation and mindfulness I am removing the thorn of anger from my heart,” wrote one woman incarcerated in Tennessee after completing the Navigating Conflict workbook. “The more I learn to let go, the more calm and peaceful I am.”

In November 2005, Ovidio—a psychiatrist, Zen practitioner, and long-time social activist—joined the Zen Peacemakers' retreat at Auschwitz.

Early one morning, I was co-teaching a meditation class at the local county jail. The class was located in a tiny room with a giant...

By Fleet Maull, PhD What is Engaged Mindfulness? Engaged mindfulness is about offering the practices and values of mindfulness, including...