Left Brain Buddha

the modern mindful life

Welcome to Left Brain Buddha! We’ve got all sorts of ideas and resources here to help you live your modern mindful life. 

Sarah Rudell Beach, M.Ed.

Chief Mindfulness Officer
Executive Director of Brilliant Mindfulness
Mindful Schools Certified Instructor

Hey there! Welcome to Left Brain Buddha! My name is Sarah and I’m the Chief Mindfulness Officer around here. I started this website all the way back in 2013 when blogging was still cool, and mindfulness was *just* beginning to be cool.

I have practiced mindfulness for over 10 years, and I can absolutely tell you that it has changed my life. It has helped me cope with stress, manage the challenges of raising little kids, and handle my anxiety and my over-worked busy mind! Left Brain Buddha is my personal project to bring secular, research-based mindfulness to all you left-brain analytical types.

I taught high school social studies for 17 years before founding Brilliant Mindfulness, LLC in 2015. I now spend my days teaching mindfulness to teachers, students, mothers, families, and all other types of humans. I am a Mindful Schools Certified Instructor, and I am the author of four books on mindfulness:

You can learn more about the work I do below. I now travel all over the country sharing the gift of mindfulness with everyone I can… because I know it will change the world.

Read the latest mindful goodness from the blog!

Just This Next Step

Just This Next Step

It’s a revolutionary act in our culture to refuse to be a multi-tasker, and dedicate oneself to single-tasking. But, like many revolutionary acts, the result is profound.

When we spend our time wishing everything would just go faster we are not fully present.

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WAIT: A Mindfulness Practice for Waiting in Line

When we spend our time wishing everything would just go faster we are not fully present. Research shows we spend over 5 HOURS A MONTH waiting in lines. That's almost three full days a year! Waiting in line provides a perfect opportunity for us to practice mindfulness....

Mindfulness Practices for Little Kids

Mindfulness Practices for Little Kids

Mindfulness is a powerful practice that helps ALL of us improve our focus and concentration, as well as understand our emotions and respond wisely to difficult situations. And as complicated as those skills are, even the youngest among us can learn how to do them...

I Need Some Space

I Need Some Space

First Fig My candle burns at both ends;    It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—    It gives a lovely light! -Edna St. Vincent Millay We celebrate, as a culture, those who burn the candle at both ends -- the devoted...

When the World Breaks Your Heart. AGAIN.

When the World Breaks Your Heart. AGAIN.

It's Sunday morning, and the early sunlight of what promises to be a beautiful summer day is streaming into my office and reflecting off my hardwood floors. My children are playing together in the family room, and I'm cozied up in my chaise lounge, with a warm mug of...