September 12, 2021 | Clay Drinko
How I (kind of) Broke My Smartphone Addiction
I scoffed when I heard that the average American spends four hours a day on their phones. Four hours? That’s literally two months of the year ... Read more
mindfulness Blogs
February 10, 2021 | Clay Drinko
3 Fun Breathing Exercises to Calm Down
I don't know about you, but whenever I'm stressed out or pissed off, the last thing I want to hear is "Just breathe." But "just breathing" is ... Read more
January 25, 2021 | Clay Drinko
How to Practice Mindfulness Throughout the Day
Meditation and mindfulness are not one and the same. After two decades of improvising and then literally writing the book on how improv affects ... Read more
January 21, 2021 | Clay Drinko
7 Creative Mindfulness Exercises
I'm a big proponent of meditation. Studies have shown that it's a great brain boost and there's tons of anecdotal evidence that it literally ... Read more
January 15, 2021 | Clay Drinko
8 Fun Mindfulness Exercises
Fun mindfulness exercises exist! They are out there. People are doing them every day as they go about their routines. You don't have to ... Read more
January 14, 2021 | Clay Drinko
How to Practice Mindfulness (With or Without Meditation)
Mindfulness has become a kind of buzzword lately. I hear people talking about mindful this and mindfulness that. It's kind of the kabbalah ... Read more
December 7, 2020 | Clay Drinko
12 Lessons for Life Inspired by Improv
In grad school, I realized that my experience as an improviser held the key to understanding my own brain. Eventually, I realized that it also ... Read more
November 27, 2020 | Clay Drinko
Advantages of Improvisation
Someone once described the moment that he took the stage to perform a totally improvised show as his "threshold of anxiety." Before he took the ... Read more
October 30, 2020 | Clay Drinko
7 Ways to Rediscover your Childlike Wonder
I have a two-year-old daughter. On a typical day, she might pick up a leaf and marvel, "Star! Leaf look like star!" She points across the lawn ... Read more
October 14, 2020 | Clay Drinko
How to be More Playful: Finding the Game
You might hear an improviser mention "finding the game" of a scene. They're really just talking about discovering a fun moment in the scene ... Read more