Free Guided Meditation Series We hope these free guided meditation videos will help aid you in specific aspects of your mindfulness practice. This video, from Executive Director Stephanie Romero and My Brother’s Keeper Coordinator for the City of Pittsburgh Josiah…
Free Guided Meditation Series We hope these free guided meditation videos will help aid you in specific aspects of your mindfulness practice. This video, from Executive Director Stephanie Romero and My Brother’s Keeper Coordinator for the City of Pittsburgh Josiah…
In a project funded by the Birmingham Foundation, Awaken Pittsburgh is working with the Hilltop Family Care Center in collaboration with UPMC Children’s Hospital. About the Birmingham Foundation The Birmingham Foundation is a private (independent) community-focused foundation dedicated to…
Using mindful awareness to notice and disrupt our biases can potently transform our unexamined preferences and cultivate more capacity for kindness across differences. What is Bias and Why is it a Problem? Most broadly, bias is a preference for one…
Mindfulness isn’t a new concept. In fact, the idea of mindfulness has been around for hundreds of years, since the birth of early Buddhism (5th of 6th century BCE). However, deliberately bringing mindfulness into the workplace is fairly recent in…
Take a deep breath. Inhale through your nose, and gently exhale through your mouth. When was the last time you welcomed space to simply sit, breathe, and be with yourself for a moment? Every day we absorb the message that…
Mindfulness has many benefits. The practice of opening awareness and being present in the current moment is a wonderful way to connect with the people around us, develop compassion, be more productive, and have better concentration. But did you know…
Are You Feeling Overwhelmed? Do you feel overwhelmed by your growing “to do” list? Can you remember the last time that you felt joy blossom inside of you? For that matter, when was the last time that you felt anything…
Freedom, Gratitude and Mindfulness At the start of every July in America, fireworks resound through the night as people across the nation celebrate the anniversary of the Founding Fathers signing the Declaration of Independence. Not only did this document declare…
