Anna Andrianova is a social worker and a member of Ordre professionnel des travailleurs sociaux et des thérapeutes conjugaux et familiaux du Québec. She has received research grants from Laval ...

Yoga Journal’s archives series is a curated collection of articles originally published in past issues beginning in 1975. This article first appeared in the July-August 1981 issue of Yoga Journal. In ...

When you're on your way home from a party, do you find that you're still thinking about a joke you made that didn't quite land? Or maybe you're fixated on how the host bought a shockingly low amount ...

Uncommon, uncomfortable, or disturbing feelings don’t necessarily signal harm, but individuals who become aware of such ...

We live amidst countless thoughts and stimuli that constantly arise. Though we wish, "If only we could reduce our thoughts..." or "If only we could momentarily escape these stimuli...", it rarely ...

There is much to be gained from meditation – from stress management to enhanced self-compassion. However, one of meditation’s key effects has to do with un-doing rather than acquiring anything.

This is the return trip of a two-part post on the humble topic of thoughts. In particular, it's about how thoughts, however useful to us, can also be intensely distracting in meditation practices. And ...