By Julie Pennell — 2020
Meditation can reduce anxiety and stress. Here are tips on how to meditate for beginners.
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Not all meditation styles are right for everyone. These practices require different skills and mindsets. How do you know which practice is right for you?
You don't have to tie yourself in knots to meditate, nor chant unintelligible mantras. Quelling your unruly babble of thoughts in order to focus on the silence within is as simple as one to five, as Andrew Purvis discovers.
Grounded in our formal practice of meditation, we can relax into the vast, open awareness that is our ultimate nature. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche tells the story of his own introduction to the Great Perfection.
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You may not consider how to befriend yourself in meditation, but when you shift your mindset, you can develop a friendly and compassionate approach to the practice. Try the following five practices and approaches to meditation.
Stressing the body makes you stronger—as long as you have time to rest and recover.
Meditation is very handy for adapting to challenging situations.
There is often a review of the to-do's while meditating. Meditation is a bath in the life force.
In the Middle Ages people were well aware of the inexhaustible power that arises simply from sitting still. After that time, knowledge of the purifying power of stillness and its practice was, in the West, largely lost.
A meditation guide for beginners.
Meditation isn't very hard. In fact: if you can breathe, you can meditate. Learn how to meditate, as taught by the Buddha, with our easy-to-follow guide.
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