Meditation has become a popular way for folks to attain greater enlightenment and experience heightened achieves in their lives. Through simple acts of relaxation and focus, individuals are able to separate their conscious minds from their physical bodies and become at one with the universe around …

You’ve heard about various meditation techniques on television and in magazines, and you’ve seen the relaxed, peaceful and fulfilled expressions on the faces of those who successfully practice meditation techniques on a regular basis. But before you can start to reap the benefits of meditation in y…

Let us explore and understand the role of joy in daily meditation practice. The quote below reflects what I think about that very key aspect of meditation. Essentially it means that joy is a natural consequence of watching the mind and thoughts in action.

Joy in Meditation:

Happiness is the abse…

Today, we always seem to be on the go. There is always something that needs to be done.

We place so much importance on activity, achievements and results and therefore it is not surprising that more of us are attempting to find or indeed, require a moment for silence. A moment to find inner peace, …

Stress can be broadly classified into five different categories which can be interlinked and effect mental and emotional human behavior to a great extent. Some of the noticeable responses may include smoking, consuming inappropriate levels of alcohol, excessive eating of sugary food and substance ab…

There are thousands of different meditation traditions across the world. There are likely hundreds of thousands of meditation techniques. For the aspirations of that editorial though, we will over-simplify and break these techniques down into two general categories: energy and insight.

Insight m…

It is very easy, particularly for students of meditation to get lost in austerity and ascetic practice. There is something to be said for learning to accept and transmute discomfort and pain, but it will drastically increase the momentum of your practice whether you learn to reward yourself.

Ultim…

Some masters meditate for hours. They just sit still in one spot, holding their focus for hours on end. In some rare cases, they sit in the same place for days! It is amazing to consider the things we can do with some practice.

But what about those us who have other things to do than just sit a…

Meditation is an ancient practice that has always had positive effects on health and mood. What allows meditation practice to persist is that in can be practice just about anywhere, and by anyone. One opportunity for meditating is often overlooked as being too noisy, the ‘Rush Hour’

The Rush Hour c…

Learning to meditate can be somewhat challenging. whether you really want to develop these skills, it isn’t terribly difficult, but it will take some date and effort. Using traditional methods, it can take years to produce significant headway. Students are often left to meditate with very little …