by Matthew Young | Last updated Apr 7, 2023 | Published on Jan 2, 2018 | Articles
In our Meditation Myths & Misconceptions series of articles we’ve recently explored the mistaken idea that meditation is all about making your mind quiet, and the incorrect assumption that you have to sit still in order to practice. Another reason many...
by Matthew Young | Last updated Jan 2, 2018 | Published on Jan 2, 2018 | Articles
Last month, in the first of this series of articles on Meditation Myths & Misconceptions we explored the mistaken idea that meditation is all about making your mind quiet. This month we’ll explore a related idea: How much effort do you put into remaining...
by Matthew Young | Last updated Jan 2, 2018 | Published on Jan 2, 2018 | Articles
When I started teaching meditation, apps didn’t exist, mindfulness was a term you’d only be familiar with if you studied Buddhism, and nearly everyone coming to a class worried that they’d be expected to sit cross-legged on the floor and invited to...
by Matthew Young | Last updated Dec 20, 2018 | Published on Nov 22, 2017 | Articles
A reader recently asked the following question, having read my article How to make friends with your emotions. What would one do when one has become addicted to so called negative emotions and thoughts and can’t break the habit of rumination that seems to serve no...
by Matthew Young | Last updated Aug 29, 2017 | Published on Jul 29, 2017 | Articles
Have you ever woken up in the midst of a dream, thinking “I must remember this!” then padded off to the toilet — or to put the kettle on — only to have your dream vanish from consciousness? The same thing can happen in meditation. You might remember...
by Matthew Young | Last updated Jul 28, 2021 | Published on Jun 4, 2017 | Articles
Meditation is a very broad term. It’s probably not quite as broad as sport, or music; but is analogous to the degree that there are many different techniques and traditions, practiced for a variety of purposes. And just as everyone has their own preferred styles and...
