Category: Mindfulness
Healing the Scars of History
Retreats are being held at Auschwitz, a former plantation, and a site where Indigenous people were massacred. Lindsay Kyte reports on how retreatants are finding freedom from their ancestral pain.
What to Do When You Can’t Sleep
Meditation and mindfulness can help you get the shut-eye you need. Joseph Emet on how to feel more rested.
How to Feed Your Demons
Lama Tsultrim Allione teaches you an innovative technique, based on the Tibetan Buddhist principles of "Chöd," to turn your inner demons into friends.
How to Stay Calm In the Midst of Chaos
Sharon Salzberg on the power of equanimity — the essence of complete presence.
Thich Nhat Hanh on The Practice of Mindfulness
The late Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh teaches five simple exercises to help you live with joy.
How We Get Hooked and How We Get Unhooked
Shenpa is the urge, the hook, that triggers our habitual tendency to close down. We get hooked in that moment of tightening when we reach for relief. To get unhooked we begin by recognizing that moment of unease and learn to relax in that moment.
Welcoming the Life That’s Yours
Claire B. Willis and Marnie Crawford Samuelson share how when you allow and accept all of life's experiences, you can fully open to the life that’s yours to live.
Why Should I Meditate?
Matthieu Ricard explains what Buddhist meditation is and why we do it.
Set Your Intention & Rejoice in Your Day
Thupten Jinpa teaches us two great practices to start and end every day.