If you’re reading this you are probably one of the many seekers alive in the world today. You’ve been on a spiritual path for a while now – you’ve meditated, read several books, taken a few classes, maybe you have even committed to a spiritual discipline, but have you made any spiritual progress? How do […]
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Good Riddance: 15 Things to Release Now
Fall is the time of year when nature begins the process of shedding itself of its summer bounty. As the leaves fall from trees and the animals work to store food, the natural scenery slowly diminishes into the starkness of winter time. All of this preparation for hibernation lends a releasing energy to our atmosphere, […]
Is Meditation Safe? Possible Risks and Harmful Side Effects of Meditating You Should Know
While once considered an esoteric practice, these days, meditation has gone mainstream. Due to its many proven benefits, such as its ability to reduce stress, tension, and even physical pain, it seems meditation has become the modern remedy for whatever ails us. Yet is meditation safe? Are there risks or harmful side effects to meditating? […]
Meditation Upgrade: Try These 5 Advanced Techniques to Deepen Your Practice
Have you been meditating for awhile and your practice is getting stale? Maybe you are need of a meditation upgrade. Meditation is a great way to relieve stress, center yourself, find inspiration, and calm your racing mind. It is also an excellent tool to help one cope with the many difficulties we […]
Chaos vs. Calm: Tools and a Yogic Technique for Emotional Balance
In this age of technical overload we tend to live in our heads rather than our hearts. Many of us spend a good amount of time every day in front of a computer or cell phone, completely detached from the world around us, our attention rarely in the present moment. We also lead stressful lives […]
PEARLS: 6 Tips to Help Break a Bad Habit
No matter who you are, there are a few things you cannot escape in life; you will have struggle, you will pay taxes and, sooner or later, you will have to face-down a bad habit. Bad habits are negative behavior patterns that can erode self-esteem and adversely affect health, relationships, finances and happiness. We all […]
20 Quotes on Meditation to Help Inspire Your Practice
A meditation practice can grant you peace, inner-knowing, and greatly enhance your experience of life, but it isn’t always easy to find the motivation to be still and find your inner silence. Here are 20 quotes from the masters to help you find the inspiration to keep your practice going when you feel like quitting; […]
Meditation for Beginners: Learn How Here
Meditation is currently a popular topic in today’s digital world. There seems to be an endless supply of articles, techniques, and schools to teach it, which has unfortunately created the illusion that it is something that is difficult to learn, time consuming, and impossible to master. None of this is true. Not only is meditation […]
Can’t Sleep? 5 Unusual Ways to Relieve Insomnia
It’s Sunday night, and you’re tossing and turning restlessly as the hours tick by on your clock. No matter what you do, you cannot sleep. Over-stimulation, stress, and insomnia plague all of us occasionally, and some of us relentlessly. If you’ve tried counting sheep, drinking warm milk, and many other recipes for sleep to no […]