I often have the feeling that I want to deepen my mindfulness and meditation practice but I do not have the time or money to go on a longer retreat. Therefore, I try to occasionally have one at home. In Read more…
There is a lot of confusion between many terms used in the mindfulness community. There is the tendency to mix western and eastern terminology like mindfulness and vipassana. So what is the real difference between mindfulness and vipassana? Mindfulness is Read more…
This post was last updated and checked for accuracy on January 31st, 2022. When you end up on this page, chances are that you are looking to follow an online mindfulness or meditation course. And you have come to the Read more…
As you will see with practice, in the meditative domain, the best way to achieve your own goals is to back off from striving for results and instead to start focusing carefully on seeing and accepting things as they are, Read more…
The 3 minute breathing space is by far the most popular exercise from within MBCT. This small 3 minutes meditation forms the bridge between the formal meditations and applying the learned techniques in daily life. Origins of the 3 minute Read more…
Acceptance is one of the core attitudes of mindfulness meditation. But, like any other skill, it needs to be practiced. This post will give you the necessary exercises and tools to perfect this subtle art. What is acceptance? Acceptance is Read more…
Have you tried metta (loving kindness), but it made you feel awkward or phony? You said the phrases but they did not resonate with you. This post is about how to craft your metta meditation phrases so they resonate with Read more…
This is a guest post by Amardeep Sudadar from Re-Reality. In order to understand how meditation can be beneficial for overcoming depression and anxiety, we must first look at the two conditions in depth. It is common knowledge that depression Read more…
No matter how long you have been practicing mindfulness or meditation, we all have periods where we feel stuck. Where we would like to concentrate deeper, or have less mind wandering. Here are 6 tips I discovered that can dramatically Read more…
Beginners often have a number of common difficulties when starting our with mindfulness. Luckily, a great number of solutions exists. This posts gives you the most important ones. I cannot meditate, my mind is all over the place Obviously, if Read more…
This article is a guest post by Christopher Walkling. I expect I may encounter some difficulty, dear Reader, in convincing you of the relationship between Mindfulness and Mixed Martial Arts. How does fighting another human-being have anything to do with Read more…
We have all been told we need to meditate for 20 to 50 minutes a day. But many of us do not have this time to spare. So what if we can incorporate our practice into something we really like? Read more…
The answer to the 1 million-dollar question, should you be doing meditation before going to sleep, can be answered with an emphatic yes! Not only do you get the regular benefits of meditation, but for those who suffer from insomnia, Read more…
I fully understand the concern of many people since there have been some alarming news lately about mindfulness not being safe like this article published in a scientific journal. So, is mindfulness really dangerous? No, mindfulness is not dangerous if Read more…
In 1979 Jon Kabat-Zinn developed an eight-week program to help terminally ill people to reduce their stress and anxiety. This program is now widely known as MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction). As the name of his program suggests, mindfulness is at Read more…
