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.
Mindfully Working with Bias with Rhonda Magee
Digital Guides
Mindfully Working with Bias with Rhonda Magee 

In this 4-part series, you’ll examine the quality of heart you bring to your practice, bring mindfulness to your embodied self, and create the space and inner support to work with difficult emotions. Read More 

  • Rhonda Magee
  • October 4, 2021
How to Sit in Meditation for Beginners—A woman and a child sit on a couch with their legs crossed and eyes closed. They're both smiling.
Getting Started
How to Sit in Meditation for Beginners 

When it comes to how you sit in meditation for beginners, there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to finding the best meditation posture and seating arrangement for you—it takes time to familiarize yourself with your body and what it needs. Read More 

  • Elisha Goldstein
  • September 24, 2021
Your Brain Secretly Works with Other Brains
Breathing Meditations
Your Brain Secretly Works With Other Brains 

Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett explains some of the ways your brain is constantly changing itself (usually without your awareness) as you interact with other people. Read More 

  • Lisa Feldman Barrett
  • September 16, 2021
3 Ways to be Kind to Yourself (and Our Planet)
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
3 Ways to be Kind to Yourself (and Our Planet) 

It’s common to feel a sense of grief or anxiety for the current state of our planet. Here are three ways you can ease that ache and show both yourself and the earth a little kindness. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • September 13, 2021
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