Categories: Meditation Tips
The holidays can be a stressful and hectic time, so I’d like to share a very soothing and relaxing meditation technique called “musical bath.” A warm bath and aromatherapy on their own have relaxing effects, but when you combine them with the soothing powers of meditation, you get unbelievably calming result. That’s exactly what a […]
Categories: Enlightenment, Exercising Your Mind, Meditation and Military, Meditation Tips, Positive Thoughts
As you know, every year, we spend November 11 paying tribute to the brave men and women who have fought to serve our country and protect our freedom. What you might not know is that Veterans Day was once called “Armistice Day,” and it was created to be “a day to be dedicated to the […]
Categories: Meditation Tips
These days, the number one excuse not to do anything is, “I don’t have the time,” and meditation is no exception. A lot of people say they want to start practicing meditation but they just simply can’t squeeze it into their ultra-busy schedule. The reason people assume they don’t, or won’t, have time to meditate […]
Categories: Meditation Tips
Are you someone who enjoys cooking, or do you mostly view it as a chore? If you’re someone who likes to cook, then you’re probably already practicing mindfulness when you cook, even if you don’t realize it. However, if you’re someone who thinks of it as a chore, I’m going to share with you how […]
Categories: Meditation for Children, Meditation Tips
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve talked about the growing trend of teaching children to meditate. Not too long ago, many of us thought meditation was exclusively a grownup pursuit, but that old paradigm is being shattered as more and more adults teach their children how to meditate. It turns out that children benefit […]
Categories: Meditation Tips
So, last week we talked about how virtually every moment of your life can be viewed as an opportunity to practice mindfulness meditation; but once you learn how to recognize these opportunities, how do you successfully utilize them? If you’ve already been practicing mindfulness meditation, you probably already know what to do; but if you’re […]
Categories: Meditation Tips
When reading up on meditation techniques for beginners, it is often suggested that you should practice meditation for a certain amount of time every day – e.g., 20 minutes a day. While it is ideal that you set aside a fixed amount of time to meditate each day, that does not mean you have to […]
Categories: Meditation Tips
If you’ve been following this blog for some time, then no doubt you already know that meditation can do so many wonderful things to improve your health and your happiness, but there is one catch: You actually have to do it, and you have to be consistent. There’s nothing wrong with only meditating once per […]
Categories: Benefits of Meditation, Meditation Tips
The human brain literally is a computer. It is not a digital computer that processes information using ones and zeros, but it is constantly performing calculations. To take it a step further, think of your brain as a complex quantum computer. At the center of the cerebellum is a qubit, which performs calculations by manipulating […]
Categories: Meditation Tips
If you’re an average American, your day might go something like this: An alarm on your phone, or clock, or both, wakes you up; you immediately get on your smart phone or your laptop to check your email and check in on your social networks; you then go into the kitchen and flip on the […]
