Going inside: yoga and mindfulness in prison
In this prison in South Africa, inmates are encouraged to explore meditation and yoga to help them deal with their problems
Reading between the waves: mindfulness and surfing
Could riding the waves be the ultimate meditation? Professional surfer and author Sam Bleakley suggests what the oceans can teach us about our place in the natural world
Hacking happiness
Is it possible to ‘hack’ your own happiness? Helen Parnham investigates how emerging technologies can improve wellbeing
Bob Roth: schools can be “completely transformed” by meditation
Paul Ellson talks to Bob Roth, director of the David Lynch Foundation, about transcendental meditation and the organisation's plans to one day set up ‘peace universities’ on every continent
The benefit of being present
From the US army to Oxford University, the concept of mindfulness is being embraced in some surprising places. Nikki Allen discovers the growing popularity of a simple approach to helping people [...]
Classroom meditation benefits pupils and teachers
Meditation before and after lessons is creating classroom success stories for a school in Lancashire
Flash mob meditations awaken public interest
Popularity of group meditation increases across London
The fountain of youth – found
Meditation can slow the ageing process, new research suggests
Could the military use meditation to create peace?
There’s growing evidence that practicing transcendental meditation may directly create peace in the world and some military authorities are quietly taking the idea seriously
