Can going camera-free make you a more mindful traveler?

Kerry Christiani August 15, 2018 Share this article Sometimes, it’s too easy to focus on what we can photograph (and Instagram) on our travels—at the expense of our other senses. That’s what Kerry Christiani discovered on a rare camera-free trip. I was sitting on an old wooden bench, propped up against a sagging stone croft, […]

Nike teams up with Headspace for ‘mindful’ guided runs

Nike has joined forces with meditation app Headspace to provide you with a different kind of audio-guided runs: one that works your body and calms your mind. Starting today, you’ll find the first three Headspace audio-guided “mindful” runs on Nike’s Run Club (NRC) app. Like the other guides on NRC, they feature coaches and athletes […]

What is ‘mindful drinking’ and why has it caught on among British millennials?

It’s Friday night and revelers are laughing and dancing in a pub in central London. One of the usual ingredients is missing however – alcohol. These millennials are “mindful drinking,” and a sober movement is apparently taking over. Club Soda, one of the groups behind the “mindful-drinking movement,” runs alcohol-free drinks festivals, puts out a […]

Marc Benioff relies on these monks for guidance — here are their tips for holding better, more mindful meetings (CRM)

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has a close relationship with the monks and nuns from Plum Village. The monastics, as they’re known, visited San Francisco from around the US and France this week for Salesforce’s 170,000-person conference, where they have a tent set up to share mindfulness and meditation practices with conference attendees.  One of those […]