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.
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Guided Meditations
3 Mindful Practices to Remind You That You’re Not Alone 

1. Overcome Feelings of Isolation with Bob Stahl When we’re in a rough patch, it’s easy to feel as though we’re going through it alone. But the truth is as human beings, we’re all connected, and in those moments when we feel isolated, we can draw on the strengths of… Read More 

  • Oyinda Lagunju
  • March 10, 2022
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Loving-Kindness & Compassion
5 Ways for Teachers to Take a Self-Compassion Break 

While working nonstop to help their students thrive, educators often end up neglecting their own well-being. High-school counsellor and Mindful Self-Compassion teacher Lisa Baylis offers a toolbox of simple practices for educators to offer themselves the same compassion they show in the classroom. Read More 

  • Lisa Baylis
  • March 9, 2022
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Guided Meditations
A 12-Minute Meditation to Explore What’s True 

In this episode of 12-Minute Meditation, Mindful founding editor Barry Boyce leads us in an inquiry practice to become aware of our preconceptions, loosen our grip on what we think we know, and explore what’s true. Read More 

  • Barry Boyce
  • February 24, 2022
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Guided Meditations
Mindfulness is for Everyone  

In this short video, Philadelphia-based social worker Kenneth Bourne reads from Caverly Morgan’s A Kid’s Book About Mindfulness to offer a grounding moment of pause and reflection. Read More 

  • Ava Whitney-Coulter
  • February 18, 2022
How We Find Resilience in Boundless Care
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
How We Find Resilience in Boundless Care 

We all yearn for loving attention right now—but before we can offer this to others, we need to replenish care for ourselves, writes editor-in-chief Heather Hurlock. Read More 

  • Heather Hurlock
  • February 15, 2022
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