In this rapid-paced, hyper-connected age, one of the most common refrains heard around the world is, “Why am I always tired?” It’s a puzzling question. Our ancestors, without the modern conveniences we enjoy, arguably had more physically demanding lives....
As someone with minor ADHD and an extremely creative mind that refuses to ever be still, I often have to use meditation for self discipline, to keep myself on track, to stop myself from going completely AWOL.I’m the type...
Sleepiness: Many people get sleepy when they try to meditate. This may be because our minds are simply overstimulated, or it may be because our bodies are tired and need some rest. Either way, there are skillful ways to...
Meeting a stranger’s gaze and taking the plunge to initiate a conversation can be one of life’s most subtly daunting challenges. Our heartbeats might quicken, palms might sweat, and a barrage of thoughts like “What will they think of...
What does his Holiness the Dalai Lama have to do with moral panics over “marihuana,” a backwoodsman becoming an unlikely political hero, noir skulduggery in wartime San Francisco, Ronald Reagan, a resurrected Egyptian mummy, and a giant reptile terrorizing...
Sometimes, we meticulously plan ahead and yet no matter how hard we try, nothing goes well and we end up having a bad day. A bad day here and there is nothing to fret about. They serve as a...
In this article, I will share a complete tutorial on Somatic meditation, and a guided meditation you can use to get started right away.Somatic meditation is basically meditation via the body, rather than via the mind. When we practice...
Life starts out slow but as you age time speeds up. It’s easy to get lost in a moment. All it takes is a blink of an eye for years to flash past us. If you don’t take a...
Let me tell you about my guided meditation for daily life. I’ve been using this meditation for a few years and it’s honestly my favorite way to meditate. It works on one simple premise: Whatever emotion we’ve been struggling...
There are two kinds of intelligence: one acquired,as a child in school memorizes facts and conceptsfrom books and from what the teacher says,collecting information from the traditional sciencesas well as from the new sciences.With such intelligence you rise in...
