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Meditation – Long Term Benefits When I began teaching meditation in the 1990’s, I realized that understanding how meditation works would be essential to exploring more effective meditation techniques. In the quarter of a century since, I’ve learned more about the human mind and meditation than I could have ever imagined. Now, […]
As your meditation practice becomes a regular occurrence, you may want to set aside a special space to unwind and get some quiet time. Everyone is different when it comes to what is relaxing, or distracting, so your space should conform to your wants and needs. Here are my top considerations when designing an area […]
There are meditation programs that encourage you to attend sessions sleep-deprived. The idea being that when you are physically tired your mind naturally slows down. The problem is, fatigue also impedes your ability to learn, just ask any grade school teacher. In my opinion, any meditation program that limits your sleep time also limits your […]
Does this happen to you? You’re in a meditation class or are just finishing up yoga when the instructor asks everyone to concentrate on relaxing, and you begin wrestling with yourself, trying to figure out how to relax and concentrate at the same time. The harder you concentrate on trying to relax, the less relaxed […]
The other night, as my wife and I were getting ready for bed, we heard crying coming from our 9 year-old son’s room. It seems that while the boys were fishing earlier in the day, a bluegill swallowed the hook too deeply and died when they tried to get it out. Truthfully, if they hadn’t […]
You might be surprised to know that you don’t need to meditate to take advantage of it’s stress busting properties. One example is the simple act of taking a deep breath. Most of us do it automatically as a sigh, but if done with purpose, you can trigger a more relaxed state. The main action […]
I was a Buddhist Monk in Thailand in the early 1990s. Being from the U.S. I was known as Phrat Farung, or “the foreign monk”. My teacher loved to tell the locals stories of my strange behaviors. One story in particular was his favorite. In fact, villagers who came to visit would often ask to […]