Sit to meditate long enough and you'll soon notice the mind has wandered. This is common. It is at this point a teacher will instruct...

This precious moment is all there is. Along comes another and another and another. Let's take partial inventory of what we have in this...

With walking meditation, you get the benefits of exercise and meditation. Some benefits of exercise include: Improved...

Before a practitioner takes his or her seat to meditate outdoors, most of the work has already been done. Let us not minimize this...

When pain comes and the body fails, most would spend all they had for a cure. When a child or loved one is sick and suffering, most would...

How we approach our meditation practice matters and is a practice in itself. Preliminaries are to meditation what stretches are to...

There are many paths to peace. Meditation is one path. The general recommendation is 20 minutes once or twice a day (usually at a set...

Assuming radical responsibility for our thoughts, words, and deeds is one of the commitments practitioners resolve to keep. It is a...

Two years ago, I flew to Aruba to conduct an experiment. For 3 days, I wanted to follow the example of Mildred Lisette Norman, better...

I began the day, as I always do, with breath work and meditation to calibrate the mind. It's a proactive approach to managing any...

Meditators develop insight and an aesthetic awareness that encourages positive and healthful lifestyle changes. For me,...

This being human can be challenging, but we are not without instruction. We have our own inner knowing. Whether we follow it or not is a...

I am regularly asked for book recommendations on meditation and well-being. I present a shortlist here. A few caveats are in order: 1. On...

Counting breaths is an effective meditation technique. It is especially useful when the mind is agitated, anxious, or stressed. Why?...

I returned from a 4 day kayaking trip around the Elizabethan Islands. Kayaking, for me, is deeply spiritual and affirms the practicality...

A large house fly buzzes around the room, touching down vertically on the window screen. I approach slowly and open it. The fly scuttles...

I breathe out long into the shakuhachi, a traditional Japanese bamboo flute. I take about 5 breaths per minute, transforming breath into...

No one embarks on a journey without knowing the final destination. Many who walk the path of meditation have only the vaguest idea where...

In 2014, George Floyd moved from Houston to Minneapolis. “He was looking to start over fresh, a new beginning,” said a friend. On May 25,...

In Zen, training the mind is likened to training an ox. In Tibet, it is likened to training an elephant. In the 9 stages of training the...