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Guaranteed Calm

When it comes to meditation, I don’t like to overstate the benefits, and I don’t like to offer false hope about what’s achievable. However, I do like catchy headlines. That’s why I’ve titled this post (and the associated guided...

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Guided Meditation: Exploring the Senses

Guided Meditation: Exploring the Senses

In really simple terms, you can do one of two things with your brain. You can think, or you can sense. When you think, your body usually responds by preparing for action. In other words, it assumes that because you are thinking, you need to be prepared (for a meeting,...
Mindfulness of Emotions

Mindfulness of Emotions

Can you remember the subject Emotional Literacy, from either primary or high school? Probably not, because no such subject exists. Our education systems are largely places for developing the intellect — the thinking mind — often at the expense of the body, the...

Thought Management Strategies

  by Eric Harrison. How to manage troublesome thoughts. The success of any meditation usually depends on how well you handle the thoughts, sensations and feelings that are disturbing you. Trying to ignore or suppress them usually doesn’t work well for very...
Meditation on Thoughts

Meditation on Thoughts

A while back I wrote a post describing a dozen or so reasons why it may be a good idea to let yourself think in meditation. I’ve come up with several more reasons since then, and heard from more and more people who have come to the realization that trying to...

Instead of instructions (or rules) to be followed, there are three conditions influencing what one does as meditation. These three conditions are obvious, commonplace, and concrete, so much so, I will use the words my students have repeatedly chosen for them: gentleness, permission, and interest.

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Walking Meditation

Walking Meditation

I must admit that I’m not a fan of walking meditation — at least, not in the way it’s typically presented. I am however, a great fan of walking. And I like to meditate as I walk. I don’t shuffle around like a zombie staring at his feet though: I walk...

Sitting Comfortably

It’s useful to spend the first few seconds of any meditation — however short — fine-tuning your posture and breathing. This kind of deliberate body and breath awareness can have almost magical effects. Within seconds, you’ll probably feel the breath...

Red Light

You’re stuck at the lights. You have the opportunity to seethe with impatience, or to treat the wait like a mini-holiday. Relax. Shake yourself loose and settle back in the seat. Take three or four deep breaths and sigh. Instructions Scan your body for tension....

Befriending The Inner Bully

If you’re like most people, you’re probably troubled by your thoughts, moods and emotions from time to time. You may even fear them; perhaps because they prevent you from getting to sleep, or from living the life you want. Which is kind of strange, given...

Five Senses Meditation

When you’re anxious, overwhelmed or overtired you can literally lose contact with reality. This is not always a problem, but if you tend to worry a lot, it can certainly be both painful and annoying. This simple mini-meditation, recommended by psychologists, is an...