While you may have tried some form of meditation in the past, because of these challenges, you may have had trouble forming a sustainable practice.
This may be because you haven’t found the appropriate meditation technique for you, but for many, it’s because they have uncertainty about the HOW of meditation. How does this thing actually work?
When was the last time you felt truly happy for another being? The Buddha taught that our happiness is tied directly to the happiness of others. This practice of mudita, therefore, helps teach us to experience the joy of others in a heartfelt way, regardless of their relationship to us and, in so doing, nurture the seeds of our own happiness.
It is estimated that over 400 MILLION people meditate around the world. Our supermarket shelves are bursting with magazines, and since 2015 this budding industry has launched more than 2,500 meditation applications and now claims millions of online practitioners. Yet it seems that people are more stressed out than ever before. Why?
Amid the fear, the guilt, the hate, and the uncertainty that has exploded this past week, I decided that a Tonglen meditation, which is a meditation to cultivate compassion, was appropriate.
Our intake of oxygen has lost is preciousness. And, like any great love affair, your relationship with your breath will take time, effort, and a little flexibility. How many of the 20,000 breaths you took today did you given some lovin’ to?
Okay, admit it, you’ve probably heard the big fat M-word (mindfulness) repeated ad nauseam and that it is the “secret sauce” to thriving in the new digital era, and amid the corona-apocalypse. Yeah, mindfulness. But what does it actually mean? Well, first and foremost, we can understand mindfulness as being fully aware and conscious of the situation and moment at
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