A 10-Minute Meditation to Work with Difficult Emotions
When we deny what’s difficult by putting our heads in the sand, we create more suffering. Here’s a 10-minute meditation to reverse the tendency to start digging.
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“Adult” Better with Meditation
The crack team at How to Adult takes on basic seated meditation. Take 5 minutes and follow the demonstration.
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Feeling Separate When You’re Anxious: Two Mindfulness Practices to Reconnect
Feeling isolated can exacerbate anxiousness—Here are two MBSR practices to help you get back in touch with the emerging moment, in touch with yourself, and with other people.
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The Flighty Nature of Attention
Meditation teacher Will Kabat-Zinn explores how meditation allows us to stumble upon something we’ve always wanted: a settled, stable mind in the midst of the chaos of life. We live at the mercy of our thoughts and thought patterns, he says, and as we begin to cultivate attention—which requires us to move counter to much of the mainstream direction of our society and economy—we gain a little stability.
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How to Practice Mindfulness
Becoming more aware of where you are and what you’re doing, without becoming overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around you.
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3 Simple Steps to Stop Mental Time Traveling
You can create daily routines that help rewire your brain for present moment awareness and free you from ruminating about the past or worrying about the future.
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Meditate at Your Desk
Meditate right where you are with this 10-minute guided practice.
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How To Meditate with Noise: A 3-Minute Practice for Anywhere
Meditation can’t always happen in blissful silence. By tuning in to the cacophony of everyday activity, we can find a space to rest and settle the mind.
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Are You Addicted to Being Judgy?
When we practice investigating judgments and diffusing them we can learn to choose how we look at things and react to them.
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5 Things You Need to Know Before You Go on a Meditation Retreat
Thinking about going on a meditation retreat this summer? Here’s what you need to know.
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