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
Practice Self-Compassion with Forgiveness 

We cannot force ourselves to move on from a painful situation — expecting forgiveness to be quick and voluntary can have negative effects. Explore this mindfulness practice for creating space for ourselves to forgive. Read More 

  • Sharon Salzberg
  • July 12, 2018
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Getting Started
Defining Mindfulness 

Founding editor Barry Boyce on where mindfulness comes from and where it can go from here. Read More 

  • Barry Boyce
  • July 10, 2018
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Guided Meditations
Feeling Angry? Try This 

When anger builds, do you fall into it, or are you able to let it pass? This mindfulness practice creates space between your thoughts and your emotions, so you can let go of negative feelings. Read More 

  • Dacher Keltner
  • June 22, 2018
Meditation Anxiety
Guided Meditations
Three Meditation Resources for Anxiety 

Explore how mindfulness allows you to bring kind awareness and acknowledgment to any stressed or anxious feelings in your body and mind and simply allow them to be. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • June 12, 2018
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Getting Started
Have a Seat 

Taking the time to discover the most suitable cushion, bench, or chair for your body will pay off in years of less painful meditation sessions. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • June 1, 2018
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Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Forgiveness Is an Inside Job 

Holding on to hurt feelings limits your ability to be present. Move past resentment and anger by learning to forgive yourself first. Read More 

  • Carley Hauck
  • May 28, 2018
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