For most people, meditating is practiced alone, while quietly drawing your awareness inward. However, when building a regular meditation practice, it helps to have the support of a community. If you are new to meditation, you may wonder if you’re succeeding at it. Having a group setting for meditation can help you stay committed, offer comfort, […]
Why Meditate? Top 10 Reasons Why Not To
Updated February 14, 2014. So, Why Meditate? At About Meditation we share with you a lot of the benefits of meditating. But, do you ever wonder if there are any good reasons not to meditate? Have fun reading this ‘tongue in cheek’ list of the Top Ten Reasons Why We Should Never Meditate compiled by Erric […]
What Types of Meditation are Best for Me?
The question often arises: which types of meditation methods are best? The answer is different for every person. The question you should actually ask is, “What types of meditation method are best for me?” Although they all have the same end goals of creating mental peace and physical bliss, different practices use different methods to achieve that set […]
All About Mudras
As you become more familiar with meditation, you may want to consider adding certain hand gestures, or mudras, to your practice. Mudras aren’t just symbols with no practical uses. Meditation, yoga and energy work practitioners believe that mudras help to complete the energy circuit inside us and allow our life force to stay within the body, […]
How to Set Up Your Meditation Space
Your meditation space should be special. It’s an area where you come every day to find calm and peace. In this video, Lisa Dawn, founder of Nava NYC, shows us how to set up a space for meditating. She shows us what tools we need to have available in our spaces. “So you want to find something […]