After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. ~Aldous Huxley What is silence? I’ve been chasing silence since I was 20 years old. But why is it important and what can you learn from it? Is it, as some research suggests, essential for our health? Many people think of silence as just the […]
OM 018: The Most Popular Meditation Technique on Earth with Tom Bershad
Transcendental Meditation opens the awareness to the infinite reservoir of energy, creativity, and intelligence that lies deep within everyone. – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Have you ever wanted to learn more about Transcendental Meditation (TM)? Arguably one of the most popular forms of meditation on the planet, it’s ironically challenging to learn without spending lots of money […]
OM 017: The Ashram & The Entrepreneur—Exploring Meditation As A Habit with Sonia Thompson
Begin with little things daily and one day you will be doing things that months back you would have thought impossible. ~Swami Satchidananda Meditation and yoga have gone hand in hand for millennia. It was only when yoga came to the West that it got reduced to the calming and healthy physical practice most of us […]
OM 016: Meditation For Life—How To Break Free From Stress & Tunnel Vision
One does not practice meditation to become a great meditator. We meditate to wake up and live, to become skilled at the art of living. -Elizabeth Lesser Do you struggle with stress and anxiety? At times do you feel like you’re life is a little like a hamster wheel that you can’t get off? Many […]
OM 015: The Lonely Meditator’s Guide To Developing True Grit
What you seek is seeking you. ~Rumi What does it take to keep going when, as the saying goes, the going gets tough? Really tough. We all start on the path of meditation with high hopes, serious aspirations, or maybe just guarded optimism. We come to the practice suffering from stress, anxiety, and some form of overwhelm. Maybe […]