Proactive Mindfulness

We know that being more engaged in our lives is good, but we often struggle to do so. We explore this process from a proactive mindfulness perspective.

Steve Hayes is a developer of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Here, we talk about going beyond the specifics of any given therapy

Brenda Shoshanna and I are having a conversation informed by Zen, being present with our experience, as we discuss authority.

The Feldenkrais method teaches people to be aware of how they move so that they can change ineffective habits. Here, we're using these tools to put the method into practice, live.

Ven. Losang Gendun tells the story of a Buddhist monk who had been put in jail and tortured. The point of the story was how he responded to the situation.

Jeff Warren has an iconoclastic approach to meditation and what it's like to be human. Here, we discuss coming into the present, practicing what we preach.

Owen Flanagan is an expert in the philosophy of mind and ethics. For many years, he was also an addict. Here, we talk about addiction from both perspectives.

I share here what has shaped my understanding of what I now call Proactive Mindfulness.

Gregory Kramer and I set about to embody the attitude of not knowing as we stay present with what happens moment by moment.

This approach blends moments of meditation and moments of sharing our experiences of meditating.