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Concentration and mindfulness meditations require some mental effort (i.e., holding attention on a thought or object or maintaining a stance of mindfulness).  Methods of contemplation keep the mind engaged in active thought. Transcendental Meditation involves no concentration, mindfulness, or contemplation—it is an automatic self-transcending meditation technique that produces effortless transcending of the meditation process itself. It automatically leads to the experience of “consciousness itself”, without any objects of awareness, called transcendental or pure consciousness.  Read more here…

Meditation does not require an abundance of candles nor does it require money. Remove any thoughts of a culture-appropriating, hyper-spiritualist obnoxiously chanting and telling you to “repeat your mantras” and “find your happy place.” Meditation is way simpler and extremely rewarding. Research shows that meditation can help you focus, reduce anxiety and improve your memory. Read more here…

The most wonderful thing about meditation — besides its effectiveness in improving mental and physical health — is that it’s endlessly flexible. While sitting meditations are probably the most common way to practice quieting your mind, there are several styles of meditation, from transcendental, spiritual, guided, mindfulness, focused — including movement-based. Read more here…

Meditation has many benefits such as reducing stress, improving breathing and increasing your mental focus. For the less spiritual amongst us though, meditation sometimes involves too many religious or philosophical references. Find a comfortable seated position, then close your eyes. Slowly choose to concentrate all your energies on one part of the body. Read more here…

Some say the only time we take a deep breath is right when we are born — after that, life and its stresses take over and we never breathe that deeply again. Read more here…

We all need help maintaining our personal spiritual practice. We hope that these Daily Meditations, prayers and mindful awareness exercises can be part of bringing spirituality alive in your life. Read more here…

A research study found that participants experienced less relaxation and elevated heart rates with some forms of meditation — love-kindness meditation and observing-thoughts meditation in particular. So if some days you have great success with your meditation session and other days you struggle to get through it, don’t beat yourself up for it. It’s normal, and it’s all part of the journey. Read more here…

How Mindfulness Meditation Is Transforming Our Society. The practice is also being used to deal with the rising costs of health care. It is a natural healing practice that is safe and effective and can complement standard medical care. It’s already widely used in the treatment of various psychological conditions. Read more here…

There are many types of alternative therapy, such as Reiki and reflexology. The majority of these practices involve the use of hands and the transfer of energy. Therefore the playlist here consists of music that helps in the visualisation of energy flowing. This will hopefully aid healers in their work and end up producing more positive results for both practitioner and patient. Read more here…

Try and meditate first thing in the morning if possible. This will ensure that it gets done and will melt away any feelings of tiredness, setting you on track for a mindful day. Read more here…