Category: Meditation practices
Is Meditation Enough?
Sharon Salzberg, Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, and Gaylon Ferguson examine the central role of meditation in Western Buddhism and explore how other practices, such as study and ritual, may or may not be necessary. With introduction by Norman Fischer.
Deep Relaxation
Soften the shoulders, rest the eyes, feel the breath — Sister Chan Khong on how to release the stress in our bodies.
Chilling Out Naturally
Finding peace, calm and sanity in a stressed out world: forget drinking or drugs—Jessica Morey offers teens a straightforward stress buster.
Basic mindfulness meditation: It doesn’t get easier than this
Basic mindfulness meditation is the foundation of awakened mind and the Buddhist meditations that cultivate it; a meditation instruction.
Ask the Teachers: When we meditate, who is meditating?
The teachers are asked "If meditation is ultimately about mind seeing its own true nature, how are we to understand the mind that meditates?"
A meditation instruction by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche gives a brief instruction in Shamatha meditation.
On Your Mark, Get Set… Don’t Go
Chönyi Taylor presents a meditation to familiarize yourself with the triggers that set off addictive behaviors.
Reconnecting With Ourselves
To heal our painful habits, we need to turn attention inward and reconnect with our experience through stillness, silence, and spaciousness.
Marguerite Manteau-Rao on “The Strength to Bear”
Marguerite Manteau-Rao's thoughts on how the process of liberating herself "has been made possible by a steady practice of meditation,".
Real Happiness
Renowned Buddhist teacher Sharon Salzberg explores the myriad benefits of meditation.