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Women’s Equality Day
Self-care is vital to our health and wellbeing, and is essential to the sustained pursuit of equity and justice. Here are a few mind-body techniques…
National Relaxation Day | 4 Fun Facts about Relaxation
Here are five fun facts about relaxation to celebrate this year's National Relaxation Day.
World Listening Day | 5 Practices to Encourage Listening to Your Inner Voice
Here are five mind-body practices you can try for World Listening Day.
3 stress-busting summer activities to try with the kids in your life
If you’re a parent, guardian, or carer looking for meaningful activities to do with the kids in your life this July 4th and beyond, we’ve…
Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month: 3 tips for caregivers
Caregivers are remarkably strong, resilient, and compassionate people. They are also human, with the same needs we all share: food, water, connection, rest, and sleep. This…
Three mind-body techniques to try this Juneteenth
Inspired by NMAAHC’s 2023 Juneteenth theme—“Senses of Freedom: The Taste, Sound, and Experience of an African American Celebration”—we’re sharing three mind-body practices that can help…
Breathing in, Breathing out: Haiti’s Children
The first of a series of short videos by award-winning documentary filmmaker Tod Lending on our Global Trauma Relief work in Haiti.
Meditation for Anxiety
Using meditation for anxiety has become more common in recent years. We have some tips on using mindfulness meditation to reduce anxiety.
Go With the Flow
QiGong, like dance, is a transformative practice. At the end of practice, you are never the same as when you begin.
5 Ways to Relieve Stress
Stress is a part of life but it should not hold you back. Here are five easy stress relievers to get you started.
Shaking and Dancing in the Ring of Fire
My participation in the first Center for Mind-Body Medicine training workshop in Israel in 2004 marked the beginning of a personal and professional transformation that…
Bringing Mindfulness to Medicine
I learned to meditate over 20 years ago. It opened the doors to a lifelong practice of meditation techniques, including Vipassana and yoga, and spiritual…
Strong Wounds, Stronger Healer
One epiphany helping me deepen my healing abilities was realizing my own wounds. The Center for Mind-Body Medicine training and the small group sessions opened…
Soft Belly Breathing
Dr. Gordon suggests we think “soft” as we breathe in and “belly” as we breathe out, reminding ourselves to relax our belly so we can…
Journey of the Breath
Very brief guided visualization in which we appreciate our breath in a different way, as it travels deep into our lungs, giving us oxygen at…
Yoga for All: a Little Can Be Lots
Yoga is NOT just for people with beautiful bodies or those that have flexible bodies. Yoga offers tools that can be adapted to your unique…
Financially Stressed? Breathe!
One thing that is within our control is how we deal with the situation we are in—regardless of how we got there.
Chill: Try Guided Imagery
Relax and re-center with Dr. Gordon in this 11-minute guided imagery podcast.
Stress and the Economy: My Washington Post Article
My piece, "Some Simple Steps for the Stressed-Out: Psychiatrist Offers Simple Steps for Coping with Uncertainty," on dealing with stress from the economic downturn, appeared…
