Do you know how to prepare for meditation? We’ve all been told to ground ourselves, but have you ever thought about what that actually means? “Feel your roots grow into the ground.” “Feel heavy in your pelvis.” “Sink into the support beneath your body.” All of these instructions make sense—sorta. Grounding is a basic and […]
A Beginner’s Guide To Meditation
This simple beginners guide will help you become a better meditator. We want you to love meditation and develop rich rewards in the form of inner peace, a focused mind, and a centered soul. So we’ve collected some of the best of About Meditation’s how-to articles and practice tips into a simple guide to help you […]
A Beginner’s Guide to Relaxation And Stress
Stress is a killer. It’s no exaggeration to say that our society is stricken with a stress epidemic. Stress is also one of the biggest reasons why people are turning to the time-honored practice of meditation for relief. Stress does all sorts of damage at the emotional, psychological, physical, and spiritual levels of our being. […]
(Video) An Introduction to Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) with Jon Kabat-Zinn
Do you suffer from anxiety or stress? One of the most popular forms of treatment for stress is called Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction or MBSR. Developed by meditation expert Jon Kabat-Zinn over the course of 35 years at the UMass Medical Center, MBSR has an extensive body of scientific research to document and demonstrate it’s effectiveness. What […]
Four Lessons I learned From Silence
Silence is one of the great arts of conversation. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero Do you pay attention to silence? Have you ever noticed that silence is all around us all the time? I believe silence is one of our most undervalued natural resources. And it’s more or less inexhaustible. And I don’t mean that figuratively. I was surprised to […]