It’s Tuesday and you’ve just finished up a big meeting with one of your toughest clients. It’s 2:30 in the afternoon and you’ve still got piles of paperwork to sift through before you can even think about calling it a day. Before you begin your dreaded paperwork duties, you make a quick run up to […]
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Don’t Try to Stop Your Thoughts
Categories: Meditation Tips
Have you ever been meditating, and suddenly wondered if you’re doing it incorrectly, because thoughts keep popping into your head? Somehow, a long time ago, it became common knowledge that the purpose of meditation is to stop thinking. This is of course just a myth, and one that probably grew gradually over time from people […]
Are You Taking the Right Approach to Meditation?
Categories: Meditation Tips
It occurred to me this morning that many people may still be taking the wrong approach to meditation; specifically, mindfulness meditation. The problem might be that they are spending too much time meditating, but not enough time simply being mindful. If you’ve read my blog before, or watched my videos, then you know meditation can […]
Meditation for Addiction
Categories: Benefits of Meditation, Enlightenment, Meditation and Emotions
You may remember Ricky Williams, the former running back who went public about his social anxiety disorder and subsequent marijuana usage. Do you know what he is doing now? Meditating. (more…)
Meditation for Insomniacs and Sleep
Categories: Benefits of Meditation, Healthcare and Meditation, Meditation and Sleep
Surely this has happened to you before: you are so tired, you lay down to sleep and your mind won’t quiet. You run over to-do lists, worries about work or relationships, bills and the noise won’t stop. You look at the clock and an hour has passed, and you’re still tired but can’t sleep. Considering […]
Meditation in Higher Education
Categories: Benefits of Meditation, Blog, Meditation in Higher Education
The education system has rapidly changed over the past few decades. Students entering colleges must excel and compete for dwindling scholarships amongst their newfound freedoms and struggles with individual identities. From the classrooms to their home lives, many students find themselves under immense pressure, stress and an increasing number battle attention deficit disorder and depression. […]