Practicing meditation for a few minutes throughout the day can have a profound impact on one's life. Waiting for scientific evidence to back up the benefits of certain supplements such as ginkgo biloba before incorporating them into one's routine may be wise.
The speaker talks about his past struggles with failure and how he developed his meditation practice to cope with it, allowing him to find moments of peace and joy in everyday life.
Matthew Ricard, a Buddhist monk, has been officially declared as the happiest man on earth after scans of his brain showed the highest level of gamma waves, associated with attention, memory, learning, and happiness, ever recorded by science. Researchers have also found fewer signs of aging in his brain than his peers, more than 10 years after the initial studies were conducted.
In this podcast, we discuss the benefits of meditation for mental health, including reducing anxiety and stress, increasing focus and mindfulness, and improving overall wellbeing.
The speaker shares a childhood memory of feeling invincible in the water, leading to a state of meditation, and discusses the concept of "green risks" which entails not doing things one wouldn't do at home.
Meditation is not just about focusing inwardly, but also about adjusting one's perception to external sensations. Understanding the interoceptive and exteroceptive continuum and where you fall on it is key to choosing the right type of meditation for the moment.
A person expresses difficulty in finding time for traditional meditation practices due to busy schedules, citing personal experiences with therapy and lack of free time.
The speaker shares his experience with open awareness meditation and how it helped him become friends with his panic, leading to it eventually disappearing. He goes on to talk about teaching this meditation practice and becoming an accomplished author and abbot.
This podcast episode discusses the benefits of guided meditation, prayer, and devotionals for introducing different thoughts and clearing the mind. The host also shares a metaphor about finding inner peace amidst the chaos of daily life.
This podcast discusses the benefits of meditation, including cultivating compassion and improving innate human qualities. The proper instruction for loving-kindness meditation is also explained, emphasizing that it's okay to have desires and not to be too hard on oneself during meditation.
The book, Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics, co-authored by Dan Harris and meditation teacher Jeff Warren serves as a guide to address common challenges and best practices for starting a meditation practice that promotes a sense of connection to the world rather than isolation.
Through daily morning prayers, noon meditations, and community gatherings, this platform offers a space to foster inner peace and build stronger communities.
The podcast discusses affordable meditation options for beginners, including an inexpensive program and an app that features 10 bits of guided meditation. It compares learning how to meditate to learning a new instrument.
The podcast discusses the importance of morning meditation to avoid distractions and negative influences that come from social media and instead focus on improving oneself through self-help books and positive education.
Meditation can help you learn to focus and encourage awareness in how we show up in the world, impacting mental and physical health, relationships, and more. It can lead to a higher purpose and confidence, as long as it's not taken to the extreme like getting addicted to plastic surgery.
Join us for a sound journey of repeated syllables as we explore the power of rhythm and repetition in meditation and mindfulness.
The speaker describes a guided meditation practice that involves envisioning a safe space and a younger version of oneself, and uses visualization techniques to alleviate feelings of guilt or shame.
In this podcast, the benefits of mindfulness meditation are discussed and how it can improve mental health. Techniques for effective mindfulness meditation are also shared.
The practice of breathing in gratitude and breathing out fear can transform us into better leaders, friends, family members and happier, healthier people. This podcast explores how gratitude and courage can be cultivated through meditation and daily practice, even for those who do not consider themselves natural optimists.
