Curious about how to start your own mindfulness meditation practice? This infographic from the Garrison Institute is a great place to begin.
When it comes to learning a mindfulness meditation practice, or learning anything new for that matter, it helps
How can we be at peace with how things are right now? In this week’s guided meditation, Dr. Mark Bertin offers a practice to help us be gently aware of sensations, feelings, and thoughts that come up in practice, building
Meditation is everywhere these days. Guided meditations or visualizations, mindfulness, walking meditations, body scans, and even mantra meditation are taught in classrooms and workplaces as well as being featured on popular meditation apps. Some people swear by their
15 minutes daily
Close your eyes. Sit comfortably with your feet flat on the floor and your spine straight. Relax your whole body. Keep your eyes closed throughout the whole visualization and bring
Mindfulness teachers and programs often point to what Jon Kabat-Zinn called the Nine Attitudes of Mindfulness: qualities like non-judging, patience, beginner’s mind, trust, non-striving, acceptance, letting go, gratitude, and generosity.
While incredibly useful, these attitudes were never meant
Research suggests that when we turn towards pain and discomfort, we can experience less of it. Plus, Ed Halliwell offers a guided meditation for being mindful when things get tough.
Research into mindfulness has shown the benefits of staying present,
In this week’s practice, meditation teacher Kimberly Brown offers a gentle loving-kindness meditation to allow difficulty and offer love.
Tonglen, sometimes called loving-kindness meditation, is a Tibetan practice of giving and receiving.
In Tonglen, we open ourselves to our
Exploring difficult emotions and experiences may be the key to loosening their hold over us. Gentle awareness of our inner world allows us to transform shame in this practice from Patricia Rockman, MD.
Becoming familiar with a difficult emotion means
This short walking meditation from Jon Kabat-Zinn encourages you to embracing mindful awareness with every footfall.
Walking meditation is not about getting somewhere on foot. Instead, you are being with each step, fully here, where you actually are. You are
