By Jennice Vilhauer Ph.D. — 2018
Discover how 12 minutes a day can improve how you think and feel.
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One of the most in-depth meditation studies to date shows that different practices have different benefits.
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Meditation can reduce anxiety and stress. Here are tips on how to meditate for beginners.
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By meditation we mean something very basic and simple that is not tied to any one culture.
The Feldenkrais Method is about working with people around the issues of the acquisition of skill, efficiency, simplicity and other improvements in movement and ability.
We come to meditation to learn how not to act out the habitual tendencies we generally live by, those actions that create suffering for ourselves and others, and get us into so much trouble.
Consider doing something nice for your poor, flustered brain. Don't know how to meditate? Neither did we! So we asked Andy Puddicombe, the cofounder of Headspace and the voice on its app, to write this basic script. Have a friend read it to you slowly, setting a timer for 10 minutes.