MINDFULNESS BLOG

Guided Walking Meditation [Audio]

Ajahn Sucitto leads a guided meditation: Walking. It’s not just the legs when you are mindfully walking, the hips, shoulders, body, feet, flow along.

Am I Dreaming Too Big?

How do you know when you’re thinking too big? Do you have dreams that seem beyond your reach? Here’s how to think it through: First, Plan Big.

Who Am I?

What is it that makes us most distinctively ourselves? Our bodies, our memories, our values…? Take a tour through the philosophy of personal identity.

Relax and Wind Down

Relax and wind down at the end of a busy day by trying these 4 steps. Don’t get stuck in social media or in front of screens; have a gratitude practice.

Heart Meditation: 3 Domains of Forgiveness [Audio]

Heart Meditation: 3 Domains of Forgiveness. In the Buddhist teachings, the pre-requisite to really, fully waken up our hearts is the practice of forgiving.

Pan Flute & Native Flute Music

Pan flute and native flute music from Nu Meditation Music, a YouTube channel of long meditation music videos, to play during your daily meditation.

Healing Spirit: Guided Meditation for Relaxation, Anxiety, Depression

A guided meditation video with a calming voice and soft New Age-style music, offered for relaxation. It complements, and does not replace, professional care for anxiety or depression.

Guided Mindfulness Meditation on Joy [Video]

Guided Mindfulness Meditation on Joy. Feel the joy within you & the space you’re in and the ones you love. Feel the joy in all things. Let yourself be here.

List of Top Stress Relief, Relaxation & Meditation Blogs

A note on a list of stress relief, relaxation and meditation blogs once published by mymassagechairs.com. The original list is no longer online.

Guided Standing Meditation [Audio]

Guided Standing Meditation by Ayya Anandabodhi. In preparation for 15-minute walking meditation, standing meditation is where mindfulness starts.

Russell Brand – Awakened Man

Russell Brand says you must define yourself internally with your relationship with a higher entity, and not in reference to other external coordinates.

Melting Into Love [Audio]

Anam Thubten speaks about the frozen places we carry in body and mind, and about love, in its many expressions, as a way to soften them. Audio with transcript.

The Source Of All Trust

In his talk on how to regain trust, Eckhart Tolle emphasizes the importance of awakening to our depths and coming home to the now, being connected & home.

Minding Our Business: Mindfulness at Work

No matter what we do for a living, most of us require complete concentration to do a good job. That is why it’s necessary to practice being mindful at work.

Overcoming Jealousy

If you want to overcome jealousy, try these 3 ideas: determine where the feeling is coming from; remember your strength; love the person you’re with more.

How Do I Manage Self-Expectations?

Eckhart Tolle explains how anger management can help you manage expectations of myself, arguing that powerlessness is always behind anger.

Rumi – My Soul is from Elsewhere

In this poem, Rumi reflects on where the soul comes from. He writes that his soul is from elsewhere, and that he intends to end up there.

Mindful Leadership in the Workplace

Just what is mindful leadership? It is the ability to anchor mindfulness into the complex and challenging situations presented to us by the workplace.

Mindful Meditation Techniques, & Individual Experience

There’re a million different potentials pertaining to developing mindful meditation techniques, so finding a routine solely relies on individual preference.

Deep Trance Relaxation (Rain City Dreams)

This guided sleep meditation is intended for deep trance relaxation, helping you to fall asleep into the lucid dream world of a meditative rainy city.

Deep Sleep Meditation Music for Insomnia

Millions of people struggle with insomnia, but this meditation music can help you experience a better night of sleep. Check out this free meditation.

The Weakness of Strength

According to The School of Life's Weakness of Strength theory, it is impossible to have strengths without weaknesses. This idea reminds us that there are no perfect people.

3 Hour Reiki Healing Music

Three hours of Reiki healing music, ideal as meditation music, calming music, soothing music, and relaxing music that encourages a state of Zen.

Meditation for Anxiety & Depression

Anxiety & depression impact millions of people. This guided meditation can help ease both by softening your tendency to overthink.

Rain Sounds – 10 Hours

Listen to 10 hours of non-stop rain sounds for meditation, yoga, massage, or winding down at night.

Mindfulness for Kids – “Just Breathe”

“Just Breathe” is a short film featuring elementary school students who use mindfulness and meditation to cope with a range of difficult emotions.

Mindfulness with Jon Kabat-Zinn

This mindfulness meditation session with Jon Kabat-Zinn deals with the importance of pure awareness, starting with proper breathing techniques.

Thich Nhat Hanh – The Art of Mindful Living

Learn the art of mindful living from Zen meditation master Thich Nhat Hanh, who shows how to bring love and mindful awareness into our daily experience.

Settling Into Presence

Eckhart Tolle talks about settling into presence and explains how being in touch with the present moment allows you to experience the depths of life.

Find Your Creative Flow State

A Shots of Awe video by Jason Silva on the creative flow state, the absorbed, in-the-zone headspace of creative work.

What Can We Learn Through Betrayal?

Eckhart Tolle explores what betrayal can teach us and cautions against identifying with the story the mind builds around it.

Sam Harris: Journey to Atheism Sparked by 9/11

In this interview, Sam Harris describes how the September 11 attacks shaped his criticism of religion and talks about his own meditation practice.

Rick Hanson: Taking in the Good

Rick Hanson explains how to boost positive emotions and experiences by looking for positive facts and letting them become positive experiences. Video from the Greater Good Science Center.

Alan Watts – Beauty of Nothingness

A video in which Alan Watts talks about beauty in nothingness and says that nothing is more fertile than emptiness.

How to Have Difficult Conversations

Four ideas for difficult conversations: begin with the end in mind, be more patient, use the XYZ request pattern, and avoid entering the conversation with your current emotions.

432 Hz Frequency Music for Sleeping and Deep Relaxation

Please enjoy this 9 hour long video by Nu Meditation Music that is tuned at 432 hz for Sleeping and Deep Relaxation. Queue this up just before your night’s rest and let it settle around your evening. Nu Meditation Music is […]

Indian Meditation: Yoga, Flute, Relaxing Background Music

Indian flute music for yoga and meditation from Nu Meditation Music, a YouTube channel of long meditation music videos.

Guided Meditation by Pamela Weiss [Audio]

A guided meditation by Pamela Weiss on settling into the body and opening to the heart, with the full text below.

The 12 Myths of the Mindfulness Movement [Audio]

[ai_playlist id=”200058″] The 12 Myths of the Mindfulness Movement, by Diana Winston: So, I’ve had the pleasure of many, many years practicing mindfulness, and then being ultimately involved in the exploration of mindfulness as it becomes a larger part of our culture, and turns into a movement in the West. And so, because of that, […]

Guided Meditation – Blissful Deep Relaxation

This guided meditation is meant to ease you gently into deep relaxation and a calm, meditative state of mind. Did you like this Blissful Deep Relaxation guided meditation? Explore our free mindfulness exercises, guided meditations, mindfulness worksheets and more. The […]

Wisdom

What does it really mean to be wise? Find out how wisdom relates to various concepts such as realism, gratitude, politeness, self-acceptance, etc.

The Monopoly of Life

A video built on John Ortberg's speech 'It all goes back in the box,' which compares life to a game of Monopoly and asks what really matters.

Guided Forgiveness and Gratitude [Audio]

A guided forgiveness and gratitude meditation by Pascal Auclair, with the full text of his reflections on well-being for yourself and for all beings.

Evidence Map of Mindfulness

A plain-language summary of the Evidence Map of Mindfulness, an October 2014 overview of mindfulness intervention research from the VA Evidence-based Synthesis Program (ESP) Center.

“Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence” [Video]

A Talks at Google video in which Daniel Goleman discusses his book Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence and the role of attention, with a transcript.

Wheel Of Awareness [Video]

Watch this video Wheel of Awareness by Dan Siegel – A dhamma talk on how to work with thoughts and emotions in our meditation practice. Wheel of Awareness, Published on Sep 17, 2013 A dhamma talk on how to work with thoughts and emotions in our meditation practice. “The truth of suffering is to be […]

Guided Loving Kindness Meditation [Audio]

Guided loving-kindness (metta) meditation audio, with background on meditation teacher Pat Coffey.

Guided meditation – Resting In One’s Own Gaze [Audio]

Guided meditation – body and mind: Resting in one’s own gaze, by Akincano Marc Weber: [ai_playlist id=”200075″] About Akincano Marc Weber: Akincano Marc Weber (Switzerland) is a Buddhist teacher and psychotherapist. He learned to sit still in the early eighties as a Zen practitioner and later joined monastic life in Ajahn Chah’s tradition where he […]

We are the Earth [Audio]

We are the Earth, by Margarita Loinaz: [ai_playlist id=”201147″] About Margarita Loinaz: Margarita Loinaz, M.D. has been a Buddhist practitioner since 1977 in the Tibetan and Theravada traditions with an emphasis on Dzogchen practice for the past 10 years. She is a graduate of the first Community Dharma Leader’s program at SRMC where she contributed […]

An Evening with Ajahn Brahm [Audio]

A recording of An Evening with Ajahn Brahm, with the full transcript. Ajahn Brahm is a British Theravada Buddhist monk and the abbot of Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine, Western Australia.

Right Livelihood And Vocation [Audio]

Right Livelihood And Vocation, by Donald Rothberg: [ai_playlist id=”194287″] About Donald Rothberg: Donald Rothberg, PhD, has practiced Insight Meditation since 1976, and has also received training in Tibetan Dzogchen and Mahamudra practice and the Hakomi approach to body-based psychotherapy. Formerly on the faculties of the University of Kentucky, Kenyon College, and Saybrook Graduate School, […]

The Nature of Aversion [Audio]

A talk by Kate Munding on our relationship with aversion in Buddhist practice, including a short inquiry into what we are resisting in our lives. The full transcript is below.

Thanissaro Bhikkhu – Just This Breath [Video]

A dhamma talk by Thanissaro Bhikkhu on putting all our focus and attention on the breath in meditation practice, published February 22, 2014, with the full transcript.

Awakening the Heart ~ by Thich Nhat Hanh [Video]

In this video on awakening the heart, Thich Nhat Hanh describes mindfulness as the energy of being aware and awake to the present moment, and the practice of touching life deeply in daily life.

Seeing With The Body [Video]

A Dhamma talk by Thanissaro Bhikkhu, published December 17, 2014, on how we cling to our suffering and on looking at suffering in and of itself, starting with the breath.

Guided Meditation with Adyashanti [Video]

Published on Nov 6, 2013 A guided meditation prayer with spiritual teacher Adyashanti.”Not my will, but the heart’s will be done.””All that is necessary to awaken to yourself as the radiant emptiness of spirit is to stop seeking something more or better or different, and to turn your attention inward to the awake silence that […]

Guided Big Sky Meditation with Jack Kornfield [Video]

A guided Big Sky meditation with Jack Kornfield, with instructions for working with the sense of sound and space, including ringing bells.

Guided Metta Meditation with Joseph Goldstein [Video]

Short introductory dharma talk on Metta followed by a guided meditation with Buddhist teacher Joseph Goldstein. Some Q&A with the teacher at the end.

Mindfulness Meditation Guide and Journal

This ebook is designed with the beginner in mind. It can be difficult starting out on a new journey, and trying to incorporate a new practice into our lives. Oftentimes, we’re unsure of how to proceed. Particularly with something as unfamiliar as mindfulness meditation, you’ll likely encounter some hurdles along the way. For that matter, […]

Working with Judgments

A two-page mindfulness worksheet on working with judgments: recognize and label them, give them space, and write for five minutes about one tied to regret and one tied to comparison.

Three 60-Second Meditation Techniques for Anxiety

Meditating for anxiety isn’t easy. That’s why we created some useful tips and tools to bring mindfulness into your most anxious moments. Ever have one of those days? An earworm of worry wriggles into your head before your feet even hit the floor. You spill your hot coffee, which means you have […]

Increasing the Power of Our Relationships

Increasing the Power of Our Relationships: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

Mindful Movement – Guided Exercises [Audio]

Mindfulness is for everyone. Listen to this audio meditation and join along with Tara Brach. Mindful Movement – Guided Exercises. [ai_playlist id=”196300″] Mindful Movement Guided Meditation, by Tara Brach: Two weeks of movements will do. I guess, as anything else, to practice our mindfulness, we start simply sitting, ___ upright posture. Allows you settle in […]

What Part Does Willpower Play In Awakening?

Little to no part; instead, surrender to the moment.

Can We Auto-Correct Humanity?

A video by Prince Ea on how technology and social media have changed our relationships, with a few mindful ways to disconnect from your devices and reconnect with the people around you.

Jack Kornfield: Forgiveness Meditation

A forgiveness meditation by Jack Kornfield: asking forgiveness of others, forgiving yourself, and forgiving those who have hurt you, one phrase at a time.

Simple Kindness

Simple Kindness is a free ebook by Ajahn Candasiri, published by Amaravati Buddhist Monastery. Read it here or download the PDF; the opening talk on the Four Noble Truths follows.

Accepting Who You Are: How to Lead Your Life with Mindful Purpose

It is easy to see perfection in others and struggle to accept ourselves. A short mantra and mindful attention can help you accept who you are right now.

Guided Meditation [Audio] by Christina Feldman

A transcript of a guided meditation by Christina Feldman, moving through posture, breath, sound, body sensations and thoughts.

Relaxing Chinese Instrumental Music

Listen to this relaxing Chinese instrumental music as background music for relaxation. Includes Chinese meditation music, Ehru, Guzheng, Koto, and Oriental music. We’re focused on creating a beautiful Collection of Long Music Videos for you to relax and enjoy in your daily Meditation.In Nu Meditation Music you will find calming, soothing tunes (most are ethereal […]

Native American Indian Meditation: Shamanic Flute Music

Native American flute meditation music from the NuMeditationMusic channel, which describes it as shamanic flute, healing and calming music.

Altruistic Joy [Audio]

A talk by Howard Cohn on altruistic joy, the capacity to take part in the happiness of others, with the full transcript.

Sleep Chakra Meditation Music

Heart chakra sleep meditation music from Nu Meditation Music, a YouTube channel of long meditation music videos. Balancing and healing are the creator’s framing.

Guided Meditation by Alexis Santos [Audio]

A lot of the practice is really very light touch of remembering to be mindful. Listen and join on this guided meditation by Alexis Santos. [ai_playlist id=”201166″] Guided meditation by Alexis Santos: A lot of the practice is really very light touch of remembering to be mindful. We might say that any given moment it’s […]

Two-Minute Meditation

A two-minute film and narration from The School of Life, inviting a little moment to restore calm and confidence.

4 Beneficial Meditation Techniques for Beginners

Daily life can be a challenge, though some have found meditation as a means to cope. For those that are unsure of how to practice it, become aware of a few easy meditation techniques. Every minute of meditation can release stress and focus the mind. Take a Walk Before moving, become aware of the body as […]

How to Increase Focus

We are told from childhood to focus. We grow up and go to work, where we are told to focus on the job. We get married, have kids, and are told to focus on our parenthood skills. We are exhorted to pay attention, concentrate, sharpen our minds, all of which are the definition of the […]

How to Deal With Negative People

Here are some ideas to help you deal with negative people. Take someone’s negative energy as another challenge to introduce positivity to the scene. Negative people will always be around, so here’s some ideas to help you deal with them: 1. Use their energy. Use this experience as a personal challenge to stay centered and […]

5 Ways to Achieve More Balance in Your Life

There’s always another level of balance and proficiency in managing your life. Here are five strategies to help you achieve it: Decide why you need more balance and what it means to you. What exactly would that mean to you – can you describe in detail what it would be like and feel like? Define […]

Being In Nature With Eckhart Tolle

Eckhart Tolle describes the reciprocal transformation that can unfold when we truly commune with nature. This video features the music of Nawang Khechog as found on the album “Music As Medicine”(2004)

9 Hours Sleep Music

This nine-hour piece of relaxing music for sleep is a soft and restorative backdrop we might use to improve our slumber. Many of us struggle to fall (or to stay) asleep, and yet there are tools we can use to improve the restfulness of these midnight hours. Sleep music is one of these tools, though […]

Solar Plexus Activation & Healing, Kundalini Sleep Music

Use this sleep meditation music for solar plexus activation. Combine with Kundalini sleep music to acquire self-empowerment, integrity and self-respect. The 6th Ray of “Devotion” governs this chakra. This chakra symbol connects us with the energy to “act” and is the seat of self-esteem and expressing our personal power. Our relationship to the world around […]

Meditation For Stress & Anxiety Relief

A 10-minute guided meditation for stress and anxiety relief from Boho Beautiful, for a stressful day or when you are simply exhausted.

How To Be Self-Compassionate

Kristin Neff: Overcoming objections to self-compassion considers–and rebuts–some of the main objections to treating yourself with kindness. Published on Oct 16, 2014 Kristin Neff, a pioneering researcher and teacher of self-compassion and co-founder of the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion, considers–and rebuts–some of the main objections to treating yourself with kindness. For another article on self-compassion, please visit our friends […]

Mindfulness For Beginners

First off, congratulations on your decision to enhance your personal growth through this mindfulness for beginners! This is something you are doing for yourself and your well-being so make a commitment to schedule formal times to practice these exercises just as you would other important appointments. It is easy to lose enthusiasm and dedication to […]

Several Styles of Sitting Meditation

Sam Harris: The Self Is An Illusion

According to Sam Harris, consciousness is what it’s like to be you and the self is an illusion, a thinker of thoughts in addition to the thoughts. What one of the problems we have in discussing consciousness scientifically is that consciousness is irreducibly subjective. This is a point that many philosophers have made – Thomas […]

Barbara Fredrickson: Positive Emotions Open Our Mind

In this video, psychology professor Barbara Fredrickson discusses what positive emotions are and how positivity can broaden our awareness and open our minds.

Awakening From Self-Talk

Eckhart Tolle talks about stepping out of self-talk as the beginning of awakening, a deeper awareness that goes beyond the personal sense of identity.

Big Mind Meditation [Audio]

Big Mind Meditation, by Howard Cohn: I’d like to do a guided meditation, and you could call this Taking off the Training Wheels even though hopefully my voice will provide a little bit of support. But for this particular guided meditation, it’s helpful if you can find a posture that you can remain relatively still. […]

Wise Speech [Audio]

Wise Speech by Shahara Godfrey: So, I am trying to keep this simple so it sounds ambitious, but it’s pretty simple. I am going to talk tonight as to why speech, and I want to use why speech as a frame for the way to awakening for being tender. Now, we’re there. There are different interpretations […]

Guided Meditation For Healing

This guided meditation is focused on healing that which is troubling your body or your mind today. May it be a physical injury, emotional heart ache, stress, anxiety or illness. Using the power of our mind and energy, this meditation will allow you to bring more healing and positive energy to attract and manifest healing […]

Before Sleep Ho’oponopono Affirmation Meditation

Find out how you can use Ho’oponopono, an ancient Hawaiian practice of reconciliation and forgiveness, as a daily meditation prayer. Ho’oponopono is a traditional Hawaiian prayer of forgiveness. Use this recording just before sleep: the speaking fades away over the last 15 minutes, leaving only the music at the end.

Loving Kindness for Our Benefactor [Audio]

Loving kindness is an essential aspect of the spiritual path. Read this Guided Loving Kindness Meditation for our Benefactor, by Anushka Fernandopulle Guided Loving Kindness Meditation for our Benefactor, by Anushka Fernandopulle: Meta-practice, we’ll start with what’s easiest. And even where it seems to be easiest, sometimes it’s not easiest. So then, we’ll throw in […]

Guided Instructions on The Four Elements [Audio]

Guided Instructions on The Four Elements by Nikki Mirghafori: (long pause) As we arrive this morning to sit, invite yourself to settle into this body. Having a posture that is stable and dignified. Perhaps, wondering what it would feel like to sit like a mountain. Well rooted, tall, well grounded, stable. Taking a few deep breathes […]

Guided Meditation on Forgiveness [Audio]

Forgiving doesn’t mean we don’t take care. It’s a movement of our own heart to re-open to life. That we forgive for the freedom of our own hearts.

Guided Compassion Meditation [Audio]

Listen to this Guided Compassion Meditation. The right intention is knowing what’s in our mind and applying the right approach to whatever is in the mind. Guided Compassion Meditation by Bonnie Duran: So, we know that compassion is one of four Brahma Vihara’s. It’s a very wholesome and important mental quality. It’s actually one of the […]

Mindful Family: Practice These Fun Mindfulness Exercises Together

Having a mindful family isn’t easy. Thus we created some Fun Mindfulness Exercises to bring mindfulness into one of your most difficult roles. The Mindful Family: Practice These Fun Mindfulness Exercises Together Raising your kids to be mindful will only work if you, as parents, also participate in mindfulness exercises. The following fun mindfulness exercises from Renee […]

Coming Back to Life [Audio]

Joanna Macy talks about coming back to life and belonging to the living earth, with a Gaia poem and the spiral of the work that reconnects.

Empowering Your Three Intelligence Centers