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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Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Get Real About Self-Care 

Mindful editor-in-chief Heather Hurlock gets real about the challenges—and importance—of making space to give yourself what you need. Read More 

  • Heather Hurlock
  • August 23, 2021
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Guided Meditations
Being Mindful of the Masks We Wear 

The first step to being our most authentic selves is investigating which of our qualities we’re willing to show the world, and which we’d rather hide. Read More 

  • Ashanti Branch
  • August 21, 2021
Do You Know How You Can Change the World?—We look down on someone's hands that are cupped together holding a small globe. The top half of the background is pink and the bottom half is light blue.
Gratitude
Do You Know How You Can Change the World? 

Mindful columnist Elaine Smookler reminds us that there are countless ways to bring joy, health, and healing to our planet. You might be the agent of change we’ve been waiting for. Read More 

  • Elaine Smookler
  • August 18, 2021
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