Loving Kindness Exercise

This meditation practice from the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center is very simple. Just follow these instructions. Sit straight on a chair in a darkened room. Close your eyes, breathe naturally, and relax your entire body, letting go of all the tension in your race, neck, legs, arms, and feet. Focus your mind on someone

22 Jun, 2015
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Mindful Meditation Exercise

Sit straight on a chair in a darkened room. Close your eyes, breathe naturally, and relax your entire body, letting go of all tension in your face, neck, legs, arms, and feet. When you feel your body is relaxed, start to focus on your breath. I do this by focusing my attention on my abdomen

15 Jun, 2015
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Practicing Mindful Meditation

Many years ago I was doing a research project on success in various fields, and I was fortunate to interview Ram Dass, the spiritual teacher who wrote, among other books, Be Here Now, a classic book for Western readers on spirituality, meditation, and yoga. As part of the book, Ram Dass wrote about his transformation

8 Jun, 2015
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Why I Recommend Meditation

I meditated without realizing it for over 40 years when I was a runner. I ran six miles, six days a week. I’d start running, and a minute into it I’d be in my “runner’s trance.” The great thing about running for me was being unable to keep a focused train of thought on a

26 Jun, 2014
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