The Science of Meditation Summit will feature insights from cutting-edge scientific research on meditation, lessons on the traditional practice of meditation, and practical tools to bring the practice and principles of meditation into your daily life. You’ll learn from over 20 of today’s leading researchers, renowned thought leaders, and wisdom holders, including Dr. Matthieu Ricard, …
The clutter of our lives binds us to the precious simplicity that surrounds us and within us. Too often we become possessed and imprisoned by the chains of our own accumulations. We live in fear of their loss; we evolve complex strategies to protect ourselves from failure and deprivation. This burden inhibits our ability to …
This practice is a wonderful example of how mindfulness helps us to see what we have learned to ignore through force of habit. In the modern world we tend to take light for granted, but before the advent of electricity in the early part of the 20th century, light was precious, even sacred. Instructions Expand …
Alan Watts (1915-1973) was a philosopher, writer, and speaker. He wrote over twenty books and numerous articles on subjects such as personal identity, the true nature of reality, and the pursuit of happiness, relating his experience to scientific knowledge and to the teachings of Eastern and Western religions and philosophies. He also gave many lectures, …
This week’s mindfulness practice is an new slant on the age old adage “Tidy Your Room” . Can you bring the searchlight of your attention to work on some old stuff from the past?
However we sit, whenever we sit, the decision to take some time for ourselves, to soften with our own experience of being alive, deserves a measure of respect. Take some time, deliberation and care in the very act of taking your seat: settle into your posture, bringing awareness to the contact of your body with …