Our out-of-sight out-of-mind tendencies can keep the best of us from reaching our meditation goals. At first, meditating is more of a hobby. Like any hobby, the less we do it, the less we think about it. After a while, we think to ourselves, “I should really start doing that …
When I lived in Thailand I had a monkey named Kapang, or maybe Kapang had a pet people…not exactly sure which? Kapang had a few favorite activities. He liked to flip over anything that shouldn’t be flipped over, throw all sorts of things just because he could, and jumping on …
Question: How do you keep your thoughts from taking over during meditation? Reply: Excellent question, and a great chance to learn some good meditation strategy! Thoughts taking over is another way of saying that we’re distracted. There are some strategies we can use to help limit distractions while meditating. Meditation …
Question: “Do you have any tips to be more mindful in the new year?” Reply: “As a form of meditation, mindfulness works by distracting us from our normal auto-pilot thought patterns. This distraction allows us space to mentally relax, which is why something as simple as pausing to take …
One of the questions I encounter the most is how to control anger, especially when other people keep doing things that trigger it. Managing anger is another area where actively applying the principals of meditation is at least as important as actively meditating. The first step to anger management is to …
I recently had the opportunity to appear as a guest on a Community Playlist FM radio broadcast of the Flint Odyssey House in Flint, MI. The Odyssey House offers substance abuse treatment programs, and the focus of the broadcast was about how meditation can aid with treatment. It was a …
Meditation, as a practice, distracts us from our normal auto-pilot thought patterns and gives us a better understanding of how our minds work. Itâs often the distraction itself that allows us space to mentally relax, which is why something as simple as pausing to take a deep breath can help …
The findings of modern science, as it relates to modern meditation technology, is becoming much more relevant as we continue our accelerated meditation programs. A recent NBC News article highlighted a main point in our accelerated meditation programs, which is how we can use meditation to purposely change our mental …
During meditation, when our minds start to become truly still, it’s not uncommon to have intense meditative experiences. Though the experience is usually pleasant or even euphoric, now and then it can turn into something negative and even frightening. Occasionally these experiences can be so intense and disturbing that it …
Meditation distracts us from our auto-pilot thought patterns and gives us a better understanding of how our minds work. Self-awareness meditation consists of paying attention to the choices we make and comes in two forms. The first is active self-awareness where we work with our choices as we make them …
