Tag: meditation

Are You Sleepwalking Now?

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Are You Sleepwalking Now?

Given how little control we have of our wandering minds, how can we cultivate real mental autonomy?

Thomas Metzinger

Walking Meditation Exercises for Spring

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Walking Meditation Exercises for Spring

The spring weather can be enjoyed mindfully. A meditation teacher suggests five walking meditation exercises.

Maria Górz

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Dukkha

An author and practising Buddhist discusses his manyfold spiritual path – and how the path to liberation is, in fact, quite ordinary – in the third part of our new series about Buddhism.

Juliusz Strachota

Summer Meditations

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Summer Meditations

A psychologist outlines four meditation exercises for the summer months.

There Is No Spoon

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There Is No Spoon

Let’s stop fooling ourselves and admit it: the human brain has had a difficult evolutionary history. And that’s why it’s constantly wanting, constantly afraid, and constantly looking. What should we do about it? Meditate.

Aleksandra Reszelska

Are We Morally Obligated to Meditate?

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Are We Morally Obligated to Meditate?

Meditating can literally change structure of your brain—regardless of whether you follow Eastern traditional meditation or the more modern Western practice of "mindfulness."

Sigal Samuel

This Incredible Meditation Will Help Solve Your Existential Dread

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This Incredible Meditation Will Help Solve Your Existential Dread

Existential dread, meet astronomical wonder.

Scotty Hendricks

Meditation During Quarantine

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Meditation During Quarantine

The director of the Polish Mindfulness Association talks about feelings of helplessness and fear during the current health epidemic, and how meditation might provide some respite.

Berenika Steinberg

Awaken Your Inner Dolphin

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Awaken Your Inner Dolphin

Free-diving has been practised since at least the Mesolithic Era. Today’s free-divers enjoy the peace and relaxation that holding one’s breath underwater brings.

Nina Harbuz

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Holy Silence

Sometimes, our modern lives become cluttered with too much psychological noise. That’s when it’s nice to step away, perhaps to a convent, for a silent retreat.

Aleksandra Kozłowska