I recently read an article on the nytimes.com (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/26/opinion/sunday/actually-lets-not-be-in-the-moment.html?_r=0) on the hazards of mindfulness, or “thought-policing,” as the author put it. Her reasoning was that sometimes the present moment is boring, painful, or needs an alteration — not mindfulness. I was surprised by her apparent misunderstanding of mindfulness practice, its uses, and benefits. Finally, toward the end, she brought a research

Everyone, every day, everywhere, is facing heightening levels of stress, and struggling to diminish the effects. The key to alleviating stress is to disarm it before it accumulates. How? Accessing resources. Resources are healthy activities and thoughts that calm us from the inside and restore our equilibrium, so that we can respond to disruptive events effectively. The most famous of resources in mental health literature is exercise. Other popular and effective resources

Ever been sitting in class and felt so antsy you wished you could just go for a good run? Or at a family reunion, business meeting, an endless overseas flight? When your body aches to move, or your mind is cries for that unmatchable release of an intense swim, run, mountain-climb, skip rope, weight lifting session, or whatever your favorite activity is… but you’re stuck. Well, you may be stuck physically, but you are not stuck mentally. You can imagine yourself engaging i