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
The Top 10 Guided Meditations of 2020 

Whether you’re looking to embrace difficult emotions, strengthen your concentration or feel more connected to others, you’ll find our most popular meditations of 2020 here. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • December 31, 2020
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Breathing Meditations
The Wisdom of Waiting 

What’s to savor about waiting? Time, writes Kelly Barron, has a way of honing our perception in meaningful ways. Read More 

  • Kelly Barron
  • December 30, 2020
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Creativity
How to Start a Mindful Journaling Practice 

Writing mindfully can loosen the grip of sticky emotions by bringing them out of the dark. With just a pen and paper, or an app, we can create the habit of being there for ourselves. Read More 

  • Amber Tucker
  • December 23, 2020
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Digital Guides
A Guide to Practicing Self-Care with Mindfulness 

Making sure our own needs are met is as important as taking care of those we love most. When turning your attention toward yourself feels challenging, there are simple ways to move through the discomfort. Explore our new guide for tips, practices, and reminders on how to engage in self-care. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • December 18, 2020
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Breathing Meditations
Staggering Under the Weight of Anxious Thoughts 

Sometimes we get overwhelmed by circumstances that just feel too big, threatening catastrophe. Take a breath. Being in this moment leads us toward the calm simplicity within ourselves. Read More 

  • Andrew Safer
  • December 16, 2020
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