meditation

One of the most frustrating experiences in sport happens when you realize that you aren’t competing to your potential. All that hard work while having nothing to show for it will break anyone. Until I ... Continue Reading

What makes someone successful is often extensive habits the rest of us don't see because we aren’t there for the journey. People get so focused on a result that they fail to realize that success is built ... Continue Reading

Recently, I reviewed a study showing that people who practice meditation reported benefits, but also failed to discuss it with their healthcare providers. This is a big disconnect. Meditation, being in the ... Continue Reading

If you and I are anything alike, then the second you hear words like ‘meditation’ and ‘mindfulness’, your BS alarms go off. I used to be the same way. Until recently, the subjects of meditation and ... Continue Reading

Athletes tend to have a "go hard or go home" mentality that makes a practice like meditation seem alien, if not useless. But pushing yourself to the limits on a regular basis is even more of a reason to ... Continue Reading

While the scientific research on the health and wellness benefits of meditation is still in its infancy, an increasing number of people are looking to this ancient practice as a way to achieve calmness and ... Continue Reading

The New York Times has once again stirred the proverbial pot in the yoga world with its recent article entitled The Mindfulness Backlash. The article is about the apparent controversy over the use of ... Continue Reading

These past eight weeks, we have focused on eight different styles of meditation. We've touched on everything from classical loving kindness meditation to modern practices of heart rate meditation. The ... Continue Reading

We are hard-wired to be really bad at meditation. Thousands of years of evolution have ensured that the humans with the most active brains - those in constant assessment of the world around them, potential ... Continue Reading

The first time I tried vipassana meditation I thought, "Oh goodness, this can't be it!" I had signed up for a ten-day retreat, held in silence, with seven to eight hours of meditation each day. I should ... Continue Reading

Antar mouna meditation - meaning inner silence - is one of the most popular and approachable meditation techniques. You can do this meditation any time you have five minutes to yourself. One of my students ... Continue Reading

This week, try this simple Buddhist meditation known as the metta or loving kindness meditation to bring you into a calm state of mind. Not only does this meditation benefit your mindset, but by ... Continue Reading

The most common question I get asked as a yoga teacher is, “Any tips to help me do a handstand?” The second most common question, though, is, “How do I get started with meditation?” This question is ... Continue Reading

The oft-quoted philosophy of American writer Joseph Campbell reads, "If you follow your bliss, doors will open for you that wouldn't have opened for anyone else.” In fact, all of Campbell's work can be ... Continue Reading

I spent the better part of twenty years in a gym or on a soccer field in pursuit of health before I hit the yoga mat for the first time. It was only then, when I finally started to "work-in" rather than ... Continue Reading

The holidays are a time of celebration and gathering with family and friends, a time to remember and appreciate our many blessings. Our society puts too much emphasis on the gift giving and eating aspect ... Continue Reading

Imagine having a peaceful state of mind every day. Just sit with that thought for a second. Sound good? Now, what if I told you that peace of mind is possible with consistency and discipline, and ... Continue Reading

As many of you know, I have been exploring more natural ways to deal with adrenal/HPA dysfunction. I have a bit of an issue with cortisol, norepinephrine, and epinephrine production that sometimes leaves ... Continue Reading

How do I begin a meditation practice? This is a question I often hear from my students. Meditation takes daily practice. You can read a hundred books on the subject and you won’t experience any of the ... Continue Reading

There’s a lot of benefit in simply doing nothing, and it's not just for the mind. It turns out there’s scientific proof that meditation does a body good. For example, a 2011 study published in the ... Continue Reading

One of the ways I have helped many athletes is by teaching them to stimulate their relaxation response through techniques like meditation. After training combat athletes for years, I found that many of ... Continue Reading

Mindfulness aids in athletic training as well as all other aspects of life. Learn what it is and how to achieve it through meditation and other means with these 9 articles, meditations, and ... Continue Reading

Dear Willow, I’m going through a bad breakup and feel like I need something to hold onto while I go through the changing emotions and times. It seems like they change so swift and fast and sometimes ... Continue Reading