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.
This podcast discusses the benefits of meditation and how it can be found in unexpected forms such as bonsai tree trimming and low-intensity workouts. It emphasizes that meditating is not solely about sitting still and tries to encourage people to find an alternative way to practice mindfulness.
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.
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.
Despite initial skepticism, the value of meditation was discovered during a retreat where the teacher, Spring Washam, stressed the importance of self-compassion and kindness in achieving compassion and kindness towards others.
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.
Headspace is a meditation app that helps you build a life-changing meditation practice on your schedule, anytime, and anywhere with mindfulness that works for you. They offer a free one-month trial with access to their full library of meditations for every possible situation.
Dr. Joe Dispenza explains how meditation can help individuals connect to the quantum field and unlock their true abilities by leaving behind familiar neurological, chemical, and genetic patterns. He shares a story of someone who achieved such a connection and talks about the importance of overcoming oneself to achieve spiritual growth.
This podcast episode discusses the benefits of guided meditation for mental focus and explores interesting ideas, including those of Donald Hoffman. The episode also includes an advertisement for Element, an electrolyte supplement for low-carb diets.
In this episode, the speaker discusses how eliminating the desire can help in quieting the mind and avoiding suffering. The speaker explains how conscious repetition can help teach the nervous system to not attach to anything, which can lead to experiences flowing through without having to grasp or push away.
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.
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.
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 discusses their personal experience with trying meditation and finding most books on the subject too focused on religious teachings. However, they eventually found a pragmatic approach that worked for them.
Meditation or sitting down and thinking about the intention that one wants to pursue might not be for everyone but it can help in putting oneself in the perspective of achieving that goal and help solve problems; it can have a positive impact on the mind.
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.
Join us for a sound journey of repeated syllables as we explore the power of rhythm and repetition in meditation and mindfulness.
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.
