research
Educational Research
Mindful Exercises - Improve Kids Math Scores
ASCD - Mindfulness Resources in Education
Mindful Schools - Scholarly Research that Supports the Benefits of Mindfulness Practice
Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley - Mindfulness in Schools Research Highlights
Forbes – The New Benefits of Mindfulness, Improved Memory, Focus and GRE Scores
Atlantic Article - When Mindfulness Meets the Classroom
Family Research
University of California Berkeley - Can Mindfulness Help Parents and Pre-teens have Better Relationships?
Washington Post - Schools are Teaching Kids - and their Parents - How to Deal with Stress
General Research
AMRA - American Mindfulness Research Association
Mindful Magazine - Research Roundup
Center for Mindfulness Studies - Committed to making mindfulness available to everyone
Jon Kabat-Zinn - Internationally known meditation teacher, author, researcher and clinician
Train Your Brain
Scientific studies confirm that a mindfulness practice trains the brain. Learning how your mind works empowers you to create new neural pathways and nurture positive states of mind.
Health and Well-Being
Mindful Living Programs - MBSR programs have evolved into a common form of complementary medicine addressing a variety of health problems
Center for Mindfulness - University Massachusetts Medical School's Mindful Based Stress Relief (MBSR) program has served as the model for mindfulness at over 200 medical centers and clinics nation-wide and abroad. Jon Kabat-Zinn is the Founding Executive Director
Performance
Forbes - The Future of Work: Mindfulness as a Leadership Practice
Harvard Business Review - How Meditation Benefits CEOs
Business Insider - Google offers employees a 19-hour course on mindfulness to improve corporate culture and thousands of Googlers take it each year.
Mindfulness for Athletes - The Secret to a Better Performance? Kobe Bryant, the Seattle Seahawks, and Olympiads share the secret to their outstanding athletic performance - a powerfully focused mind.