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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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Focus & Attention
A Meditation for Settling Your Busy Mind 

Psychiatrist and mindfulness expert Holly Rogers explains why you should not even try to stop your thoughts. Plus, a guided practice on noticing your inner chatter with curiosity rather than judgment. Read More 

  • Holly Rogers
  • November 28, 2018
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Guided Meditations
Loving-Kindness Meditation to Connect Us All 

We’re connected to everyone and everything on this planet, whether we like it or not. And once we can feel love flowing toward us, it’s amazing how far we can send it back out. Read More 

  • Ali Smith
  • November 26, 2018
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Breathing Meditations
A Meditation for Opening Up 

Openness is a quality of being that helps us give space to things. Explore this meditation practice to let go of the familiar and become aware of spaciousness. Read More 

  • Frank Ostaseski
  • November 21, 2018
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Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Six Signs of a Strong Friendship 

Philosopher and author Alain de Botton explains how a good friend can enrich our lives, even when we’re at our lowest. Read More 

  • Nicole Bayes-Fleming
  • November 16, 2018
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Gratitude
A Simple Mindful Gratitude Exercise 

Science suggests that expressing true gratitude boosts your health and spreads happiness. Here are a few simple exercises to help you build your capacity for gratitude. Read More 

  • Stephanie Domet
  • November 13, 2018
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