By Mukti Gray — 2008
Learn how to break the cycle of suffering from "push-pull' thoughts by really embracing stillness.
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Sound healing therapy uses aspects of music to improve physical and emotional health and well-being.
Friends, in times like this, we need grounding. With all of the unknowns swirling through the collective consciousness, the mind can get swept away. It can be hard to feel settled, to feel safe, to feel like you can anticipate what the next hour or day will bring.
Exploring difficult emotions and experiences may be the key to loosening their hold over us. Try this 10-minute mindfulness practice from Patricia Rockman, MD.
Excerpted from High Magick: A Guide to the Spiritual Practices that Saved My Life on Death Row.
It can be powerful medicine for both your mind and relationships.
In Positive Psychology, Compassion is seen as a way to relate to the self and a pathway to happiness. The proven benefits of compassion range from increased well-being, to relief from illness, and improved relationships.
In the past, I’ve felt kind of foolish every time I’ve tried morning meditation. I kind of tried to keep with a regular practice but it just wasn’t working for me.
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Meditation is often considered a self-contained activity, different from our actual life. More accurately, meditation is training for life.
Many Western Budddhists, says Reginald Ray, perpetuate the mind/body, secular/sacred dualism that has marked our culture since early Christianity.
Like many Westerners, I always assumed that meditation was a “spiritual” phenomenon, which I took to mean that it somehow had to do with realms beyond the physical.