Creativity
How Nature Boosts Kindness, Happiness, and Creativity
We are spending more time indoors and online. But recent studies suggest that nature can help our brains and bodies to stay healthy. Read More 
Meditation Practices
Explore meditation techniques for every level - from your first sitting practice to advanced methods like body scan, breathwork, and loving-kindness. Each practice includes step-by-step guidance to help you build a meditation habit that lasts.
Getting Started
Top 10 Reasons to Meditate
Thousands of studies have shown the positive effects of meditation. Here are the highlights. Read More
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Mindfulness Practice: Connecting with Love
Feelings of passion and love can make us so joyful. When they bring along with them intense attachment, they can also turn very painful and destructive. Read More
Learn
What’s the Right Kind of Exercise for Brain Health?
A new study looks at the ideal type of exercise for beefing up your brain. Read More
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
A Mindfulness Practice for Letting Go of Jealousy
Wanting what others have. Protecting what we have from others’ grasp. These feelings are not fun. But on closer examination, we can see an underlying drive to aspire and emulate. Read More
Breathing Meditations
Start with a Purpose
Your day-to-day activities offer ample opportunities to call up mindfulness in any moment. Breathe space into your morning routine with this simple wake-up practice. Read More
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
Breathing Meditations
A 6-Minute Breathing Meditation To Cultivate Mindfulness
Reduce stress, anxiety, and negative emotions, cool yourself down when your temper flares, and sharpen your concentration skills. Read More
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
How Compassion Leads to Success
An introduction to loving-kindness meditation from Sharon Salzberg and Dan Harris. Read More
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Don’t Fall into the Self-Esteem Trap: Try a Little Self-Kindness
Striving for self-esteem is about trying hard to feel special, above average. It’s absurd. We don’t need to feel extra-special or over the top. We need to touch who we really are in any given moment. Read More
