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5 Great Women in Mindfulness
In recent years, gender equality has become an increasing priority for communities around the world. A global study by PEW Research center found that 94% of …
Meditating with furry sidekicks: connecting to our pets through mindfulness
Photo: Huxley, Medito's Chief Kitty Officer. Photo credit: Steven Yorke. “I have lived with several Zen masters; all of them cats” — Eckhart Tolle. Do our pets …
Your opportunity to take part in mindfulness research
At Medito Foundation, we're always keen to support the scientific community in advancing our understanding of mindfulness. That's why we're happy to share an …
Medito Foundation partners with the Mindfulness Association to deliver even more free mindfulness content
Medito Foundation and the Mindfulness Association are both nonprofit organizations dedicated to building a more mindful and compassionate world. We’ve …
The difficulty of defining mindfulness
There has typically been ambiguity and a lack of consensus around the definition of mindfulness in academic literature. This is perhaps due to the subjective …
Why we should add compassion to our mindfulness practice
As humans, we have an innate propensity for compassion. We have evolved to become highly social animals, meaning that we naturally want to support our friends …
Physical Fitness: The ‘All-In-One’ Cure?
Ekta Chheda is a Registered Dietitian and a Nutritionist. She holds a Masters degree in Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics. She has extensive clinical experience …
How a school in Wales is benefiting from mindfulness
Mindfulness and meditation as tools to cope with the complex challenges we face in life have grown in popularity over the last decade. In the UK, we are even …
Can meditation apps improve mental wellbeing? What the science says
2022 is lining up to be an exciting year for Medito in terms of scientific research. We have several projects in the pipeline to help us to further our …
A huge thank you to everyone who has supported Medito in 2021
As the year draws to a close, we want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has donated , volunteered with us or has written a review on the App Store or …
‘Editation’? – how meditation helps me edit
As an editor of English language learning materials I have to focus entirely on cross-checking whether the author’s original Word document has been transformed …
The 8 life improvements I’ve experienced since I started meditating
After meditating for half a year, I've overcome a lot of problems. I've gained a new life and become more hopeful. As many issues that bothered me have …