The speaker discusses the intense beauty and appreciation for life felt during meditation and the similarity between this experience and a scientific experiment. They also mention how remembering the joyous moments during low times can be comforting.
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.
The essence of being is just like presence and expressing the contents of consciousness is just kind of chewing gum for our existential predicament in some way. People who struggle with meditation should not feel like they can't meditate because their thoughts are wandering.
This episode delves into the relationship between sleep and meditation, exploring whether meditation can replace certain functions of sleep such as theta activity, and discussing the benefits of practices like yoga nidra to promote relaxation.
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 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.
Jack Kornfield talks about the growing consciousness of humanity and recommends books for people who want to start meditation and practices for self-love and forgiveness.
Young-hee Mignot Rinpoche debunks the myth that meditation means thinking of nothing and offers practical tips to make meditation easier for beginners.
This episode discusses the necessity of confronting feelings of guilt while meditating, as they enable us to overcome negative vibrations and avoid repeating the same mistakes.
A meditation teacher advises beginners to sit for vague 20-minute sessions, focusing on sensations and thoughts rather than trying to silence their mind completely.
The speaker discusses the purpose of life as experiencing the infinite within the finite and shares how they processed their son's death through long hours of meditation.
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.
Children are able to experience and report meditative experiences more directly and quickly than adults, leading to less obstacles in the present moment. Counting breaths meditation practice was found to benefit even second graders.
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.
In this podcast, the host explores the benefits and misconceptions surrounding the practice of meditation, with insights from a spiritual leader and meditation expert.
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.
