A daily 13-minute third eye meditation practice can improve mood, cognitive ability, focus, memory, and ability to sleep, according to a study. Consistency is key, and longer sessions can be done if only one session per week is possible.
Jack Cornfield's website offers a series of Loving Kindness Meditations to deliberately turn your attention towards joy and difficult emotions.
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.
Lie down and allow yourself to become the body of the earth. Experience the sensation of being dangled safely by the love of the great earth that is behind your back, preventing your body from floating away.
The podcast host reflects on the idea of controlling thoughts and emotions in the presence of the Dalai Lama, acknowledging the popularity of the Dalai Lama in the late 90s.
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 shares their experience with meditation and Turvada Buddhism, highlighting the euphoric stage of mindfulness where quieting the mind for hours at a time becomes possible. There is a focus on the prescribed steps of meditation and the idea of finding accomplishment in the practice.
The experience of meditation is difficult to put into words as it involves personal sensory input and consciousness. Providing methods for people to have their own experience may be a more effective approach than trying to describe the experience itself.
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.
The podcast talks about a unique meditation technique, where one needs to imagine negative thoughts and feelings while inhaling instead of thinking happy thoughts.
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 people who are loud and judgmental about their meditation practices aren't always the ones with the deepest practice, and those with the deepest practice may not be very vocal.
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.
In this podcast, experts discuss the benefits of meditation, including reduced stress, improved focus and concentration, and better overall well-being.
