What is Meditation?
Meditation is simply a tool for the mind, just as a barbell is a tool for the muscle or a treadmill is a tool for cardiac training.
A meditation is simply one present moment experience after another…
How does meditation work?
The functionality of the mind, body and spirit is divinely engineered to work in harmony. Yoga teaches us this integration.
The goal for a meditation practice is directing the focus of the mind and quieting a narrative of thoughts that is often generated from the ego’s perspective, or from somewhere in the past or future.
There are many types of meditation — guided meditation listening to a teacher’s voice, silent meditation, walking meditation in nature, mantra meditation, transcendental meditation, to name a few examples.
The meditation library here will be focused on guided meditation, yoga Nidra and breathwork.
“…one present moment experience after another.”
Is this you?
- I can’t seem to quiet the mind, it’s always saying something or re-telling a story of the past or future.
- I don’t feel comfortable sitting still.
- I don’t believe I can meditate.
- I have tried meditation and it doesn’t work.
The more you practice meditation, you are increasing the opportunities for clarity and relief from stress — which then increases the potential we all have to function more fully as human beings. Meditation is a step within the process of regulating emotions and navigating relationships.
The 5 Activities of the Mind
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Suffering is Optional
To Klesha is To Human The Five kleshas (Yoga Sutra 2.3) are mental afflictions or obstacles that cloud the lens through which we are currently viewing a situation, person,...
Rapidfire Research on Meditation
Alright, so research is super boring to many of us in jobs without goggles and white lab coats, but….. Spoiler Alert! Meditation offers a multitude of health benefits, encompassing both mental and physical well-being – and including both structural and functional changes to certain brain regions.
Asmita: The Ego That Thinks It’s the Star of the Show
The 2nd Klesha is Asmita: Yoga, Ego, and the Art of not Being a Self-Centered Diva or Jerk. We’ll cover each of the five kleshas in this series about why Suffering is Optional.
Avidya: Because Who Doesn’t Love a Good Delusion?
The 1st Klesha is Avidya: It’s the queen of the kleshas, ground zero of all the other kleshas. We’ll cover each of the five kleshas in this series about why Suffering is Optional.
Practicing Perspective for Chronic Stress: Cortisol and Dumpster Fires
Cortisol is a hormone produced by the adrenal glands in response to stress. Certain thoughts or perspectives have the power to turn up the dial of stress throughout our whole bodily system – from something that only exists in the mind.
Yoga as Lifestyle Medicine
Sustained or chronic cortisol levels put us on a path to a long list of health risks and disease. The Niyamas help us understand how we are empowered to manage stress in the mind – and, thus, manage our cortisol levels naturally.
Relationships Are Primary, Everything Else is Derivative
My aha moment could be yours too.
The first time I realized how yoga was actually working in my life – off the mat, beyond the body – was noticing how I felt in my…
What is Practicing Perspective?
It’s the white foamy stuff that can snuff out the dumpster fire in your body set by cortisol.
Perspectives are not only seen with the eye, they are also held in the mind; they’re often even deeply rooted beliefs. So practicing perspective is an activity of…
What is meditation?
Making The Case For This Devastatingly Simple, Totally Achievable, Modern Yet Ancient Mental Health Practice You Might Want To Rethink.
Meditation is a tool for the mind, just as a barbell is a tool for the muscle or a treadmill is a tool for cardiac training.
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