2019-08-01_Mindful

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Yo u r Po w e r f u l

Brain

How mindfulness

primes your mind

for focus, calm,

and happiness

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Calm

Inflammation

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Why We Help

Others

ON THE COVER

Find Calm,

Feel Renewed,

and Make an Impact

Join Mindful’s 3rd annual online

MEDITATION CHALLENGE

mindful.org/m

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10 Women in Mindfulness

on Finding Their Power

Mindful talks with female pioneers,

researchers, teachers, lawyers, and

activists who are shifting our understanding

of what it means to be mindful.

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Zero the Mind

The military is testing mindfulness

to train the brains of warriors.

Journalist Barry Yeoman gets

on base with General Walter Piatt

and neuroscientist Amishi Jha.

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Sexual Healing

Millions of women struggle with

low sexual desire. Researcher

Lori Brotto believes mindfulness

can help.

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What My Dog Taught

Me About Acceptance

Zoe, a 16-year-old Jack Russell

terrier with a razor-sharp bite,

showed journalist Steven Petrow

how to dissolve some angry

differences more than yoga and

meditation ever could.

FEATURES

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Discovering

the Mindful Life

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10 Women

Leaders

Tr a n s f o r mi n g

mindfulness

and

Love Your

Imperfect Self

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Mindfulness

for More

Sensual Sex

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Finding

Acceptance

After Loss

On our cover: Amishi Jha, Director of

Contemplative Neuroscience and

associate professor, University of Miami.

Photograph by Stephanie Diani. Hair and

makeup by Zianni Coats. Wardrobe by

Angelina Vivace for Ennis Inc.

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