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.
Mindfulness
Getting Started
10 Ways to Define Mindfulness 

It’s important that we don't define mindfulness too narrowly, or confuse different meanings with each other. Here’s a quick guide to understanding the many meanings of mindfulness. Read More 

  • Jamie Bristow
  • October 25, 2018
woman with head in hands. a meditation for anxious emotions
Guided Meditations
A Meditation on Anxious Emotions 

This practice involves deep investigation into the causes of anxious feelings so you can discover the story lines that trigger and drive your emotions. Read More 

  • Bob Stahl
  • October 24, 2018
Compassion Meditation
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
“Just Like Me” Compassion Practice 

This guided visualization practice invites us to look at how we are similar in important ways. This practice can be done alone or with a partner. Read More 

  • Mirabai Bush
  • October 24, 2018
elderly hand holding a felted heart
Guided Meditations
A Reconciliation Meditation 

Anxiety engenders feelings of isolation—when we don't feel at ease, how do we find peace? This meditation explores making amends for the times we've hurt ourselves, others, or those who have hurt us. Read More 

  • Bob Stahl
  • October 18, 2018
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Depression & Grief
When Cancer Becomes Your Identity: A Meditation 

Physical changes caused by cancer can trigger a deep sense of grief. This mindfulness practice for cancer patients explores changes in self-image and identity during the cancer experience. Read More 

  • Linda Carlson
  • October 17, 2018
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