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YOU’RE NOT ALONE: Merging images in meditation

Robert Kopecky·July 13, 2014
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ACCESSING THE SPACE WITHIN: A guided relaxation meditation to come to stillness

Contributing Writer·March 14, 2015
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FROM MARTIAL ARTS TO THE ASHRAM: A Yogananda disciple’s journey towards inner peace

Contributor·April 8, 2015
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BORIS’S STORY: How an academic merged scientific and spiritual belief to find peace within

Contributor·August 12, 2017
Happy young woman with sad version of same woman behind her - A Spiritual Teacher’s Guide to Releasing Emotional Prisoners

RELEASE YOUR EMOTIONAL PRISONERS: The first step in meditation teacher Barry Long’s guide

Contributor·May 13, 2024
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MEDITATION RETREAT: My experience at Musanga Zen Buddhist temple in Korea

Diana Turner·April 5, 2020
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TAP INTO CONSCIOUSNESS: Try Kirtan Kriya meditation to balance your mind

Ben Gutman·November 25, 2024
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MEDITATION TIPS: Analytical meditation and posture (part 1 of 2)

Robert Kopecky·August 14, 2013
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LEARNING TO BE ALONE: Accessing your inner stillness through meditation

Contributor·June 7, 2015
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THE BENEFITS OF MEDITATION: How meditation helps you live in the moment

Angela Ward·May 15, 2018
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PAIN AND THE JEDI OF MINDFULNESS: How does meditation affect our relationship with pain?

Contributor·June 3, 2024
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MEDITATE! A guided meditation for kids that will help calm and centre

Contributing Writer·June 23, 2013
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USING DAILY LIFE AS A METHOD FOR AWAKENING: How I meditate while driving, talking or doing email

Jonathan Robinson·July 14, 2022
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MEDITATION TIPS: Acceptance—experience what is and feel it fully

Contributing Writer·May 4, 2012
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METTA MEDITATION: Learn to practice loving-kindness to all beings

Contributing Writer·July 24, 2013
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FREE THE MIND: Can you rewire the brain just by taking a breath?

Erica Roberts·April 30, 2013
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MUSIC FOR MINDFULNESS: How to tune in so you can tune out

Mia Barnes·January 24, 2022
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SHAMATHA MEDITATION: Q&A with Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo

Kiva Bottero·September 3, 2014
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THE 4 BASIC STAGES OF MEDITATION: And their relationship with Patanjali’s 8 limbs of Yoga

Contributor·January 17, 2019
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MEDITATION THROUGH FLOATING: Exploring new depths through sensory deprivation therapy

Ajay Ghuman·September 23, 2019
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RETURNING TO A STATE OF FLOW: One minute and one word at a time

Mel Bender·May 2, 2022
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KEEP CALM AND BREATHE: Scuba diving as meditation

Jane Olivier·December 13, 2012
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THE IN BREATH AND THE OUT: Using guided breath meditation to transform dead feelings

Contributing Writer·December 2, 2015
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SITTING IN THE WILDERNESS: How the Buddha and Christ overcame their obstacles in meditation

Robert Kopecky·August 14, 2015
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