Guided Meditations

Follow along with guided meditations led by experienced teachers. These audio and written practices walk you through each step, making it easy to meditate whether you have five minutes or an hour.
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Guided Meditations
How Meditating Helps You with Difficult Emotions 

Meditation is not all calm and peace. It opens up a space for you to see what’s going on in your mind, including the vivid and powerful movement of your emotions—up, down, and sideways. You can learn to fight with them less, and make friends with them more. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • February 29, 2016
Mindfulness for Anger
Guided Meditations
Mindfulness of Anger 

Take three minutes and try this mindfulness practice for dealing with one of our strongest emotions. Read More 

  • Margaret Cullen
  • January 25, 2016
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Guided Meditations
Meditate With Intention, Not Goals 

It's only when we meditate for its own sake—rather than trying to get something from it—that we find the results we're after, says Ed Halliwell.  Read More 

  • Ed Halliwell
  • December 15, 2015
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Guided Meditations
Your Mind at Work 

For each of these thorny workplace problems, try the recommended practice, enjoy the benefit—and keep this chart handy. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • October 19, 2015
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Guided Meditations
Stop Mourning the Morning 

Learn to love (or at least accept) your alarm clock with this wake-up practice from sleep psychologist Shelby Freedman Harris. Read More 

  • Shelby Freedman Harris
  • October 8, 2015
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