Wondering how you can incorporate some of those benefits into your own pregnancy? Here are her five tips for having a mindful pregnancy and early parenthood from Aimee Karr, who teaches yoga and meditation for pregnancy at her studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Books Mindful Birthing: Training the Mind, Body, and Heart for Childbirth and Beyond by Nancy Bardacke The Mindful Way through Pregnancy: Meditation, Yoga, and Journaling for Expectant Mothers by Anne Cushman, Mimi Doe, and Judy Leif Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting by Jon and Myla Kabat-Zinn...

The retreat takes place October 30 to November 3. To learn more, and to register, click here. You may also want to peruse the mindful.org archives for articles on mindfulness and the legal field. “Legally Mindful” is our editor-in-chief’s conversation with Charles Halpern on the formation of the Berkeley Initiative for Mindfulness in Law—Berkeley being the first U.S. law school to have a full mindfulness curriculum.

There are gaps in this theory for sure; say what you want about modern medicine, but a lot of our quality of life these days is the result of advances in science and medical technology (just imagine the life expectancy of people in the Middle Ages; surgery during the pre-anesthesia era is likewise a forever horrific concept). Common situations such as not washing hair and developing dandruff were probably insufferable way back then too, and even had more drastic consequences (mice in your wigs, anyone?...

A project by and for nurses, The Nurse Antigone presents dramatic readings of Sophocles’ Antigone on Zoom—featuring professional actors and a chorus of frontline nurses—to help frame discussions about the challenges faced by nurses before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Mindful’s managing editor Stephanie Domet connected with the organizers, and we’re pleased to bring you that conversation on Real Mindful. Stephanie Domet: Thank you both so much for joining me today for this conversation....

Getting my husband to plan a date is not an easy thing. In fact, I would just rather plan it most of the time to make sure we have a fun date night. He is a very busy man and does so much to support our family and planning a really fun date THIS great takes a lot of time. So I asked him straight up if he would be willing to plan one and he said yes!...