Getting Started

New to meditation? Start here. These beginner-friendly guides walk you through the basics - how to sit, what to expect, and how to work with a wandering mind. No experience needed, no special equipment required.
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Getting Started
Binge-Watching the Stories in Your Head 

Stories can help us make sense of a complicated world—but when we become stuck in fixed ideas of how things should be, we miss out on the opportunity to accept things as they are. Read More 

  • Jay Vidyarthi
  • October 8, 2019
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Getting Started
Becoming Mindful: A Practice 

Explore this moment-to-moment mindfulness practice, becoming aware of the reactions, judgments, and preferences we lay on the present. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • March 6, 2019
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