Kevin Rose talks about his journey to discover meditation and how koans, a paradoxical puzzles, can help overcome self-deception and grant clarity of thought.
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.
The repeated return to a state of focus from a state of non-focus or diminished focus helps improve the neural plasticity of the brain. A 13 minute meditation practice, in which you fully expect your focus to drift, but continually refocus is the most effective way to teach yourself to focus and stay concentrated according to studies, while NSDR and Yoga Nidra involve defocusing techniques.
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.
The speaker discusses the benefits of focusing on their left nostril during meditation and the tendency for people to overcomplicate the practice.
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 ability to focus on one thing is important for great writers and scholars; meditation can help achieve complete focus through focusing on the breath or a singular idea.
Young-hee Mignot Rinpoche debunks the myth that meditation means thinking of nothing and offers practical tips to make meditation easier for beginners.
Joe Dispenza is working on creating an app that will contain all the meditations and other resources from his events, in addition to the app that currently keeps everyone connected during his events.
A Navy SEAL tries meditation for the first time and experiences a physical sensation of cool air entering his body. He encourages listeners to listen to the atomic vibration sounds recorded by NASA and shares how he felt unable to drive for two hours after his first meditation session.
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 practice of Jewish meditation mainly involves mindfulness within Judaism and its connection and incorporation of practices from Buddhism as well, recognizing that each tradition has something unique to offer.
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.
