April 3, 2009

Meditation Techniques and Neuroscience

What does neuroscience have to say about meditation?
Well, I went to a lecture at the University of Colorado last night given by Dr. (…)

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March 20, 2009

Can't we all just meditate along?

Yesterday, my wife and I were walking along Boulder's delightful pedestrian mall and I saw a familiar site:
A guy sitting on a bench, back straight (not touching the bench), with a bowl of rice and veggies in his lap and the look of someone "eating mindfully." He had a slightly out-of-focus stare as he looked into the distance while his food chilled. (…)

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March 3, 2009

Meditation without failure

I am proud to introduce a breakthrough in personal consciousness that will put “The Secret” to shame. (…)

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February 25, 2009

Mindfulness Meditation Instructions

Mindfulness meditation instructions couldn't be simpler. (…)

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February 20, 2009

Getting the benefits from meditation in a pill

The brilliant and witty writer Dorothy Parker once said, "I hate writing, but I love having written."
In speaking with the thousands of meditators I know — I started meditating in 1970 at age 8 and now teach meditation all around the world — a great many of them would paraphrase Dorothy and say, "I hate meditating, but I love having meditated."
So many people I've met say they meditate not because of how they feel while they're doing it, but because of the benefits of meditation they get after having done it. (…)

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February 15, 2009

Who Cares about Buddhist Monks?

Who cares about Buddhist monks, really? (…)

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February 9, 2009

Meditation New York style

I used to meditate on the subway in New York. (…)

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February 5, 2009

Creating a Daily Meditation Practice

Daily Meditation practice is recommended in every meditation tradition. (…)

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