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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What You Practice Grows Stronger 

When it comes to making changes, we all have one habit in common that holds us back: self-judgement. The neuroscience of mindfulness suggests lasting change requires a softer touch. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • March 24, 2017
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Breathing Meditations
Being Present with Cancer 

Fear. Uncertainty about the future. Some of the most difficult elements of the cancer experience are well-suited for mindfulness, and 20 years of research into Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery (MBCR) is beginning to bear out the benefits. Plus — try this breathing meditation to alleviate insomnia. Read More 

  • Lu Hanessian
  • February 22, 2017
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Loving-Kindness & Compassion
The Power of Kindness 

Power makes the world go ’round. It’s how we get things done. But, Dacher Keltner says, too often we associate it with nastiness and self- centeredness. Read More 

  • Dacher Keltner
  • February 8, 2017
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