Meditation Matters

Poet Mary Oliver wrote soul-searching lines of trauma and grace, as well as accessible verses celebrating nature, beauty, life and joy. 

Today we'll read from her poem "The Journey."

In these uncertain and challenging times, we all need to find ways to heal. Of course, healing does not mean that pain doesn't exist. It means that the pain no longer controls you. Through gratitude, we can improve our resilience, our optimism, and our ability to cope with pain and uncertainty.

Today's meditation will focus on the healing power of gratitude.

Today's poem comes from A.A. Milne, creator of Winnie the Pooh. 

In celebration of "Do Something Good for Your Neighbor Day", today's meditation will focus on Lovingkindness. 

It doesn't always feel this way, but joy is a state of being we can choose. What's more, joy is infinite and always within us.

Today's podcast will focus on expanding joy. 

As part of Well-Being in Law Week, today’s meditation will focus on emotional well-being. We'll practice letting go of the things we don't want and expanding the things we do want.

As part of Well-Being in Law Week, today’s meditation will focus on social well-being. Healthy relationships can profoundly impact our mental health and overall wellness. Research shows that we live longer, heal faster, have less stress and more joy.

So today, let's expand our social well-being by focusing on deepening our relationships and connections with others. 

Meditation can help us achieve professional well-being by allowing us to focus on true and lasting success.

As part of Well-Being in Law Week, today’s meditation will focus on Professional Well-Being.

Meditation can help us calm our mind and provide the fertile soil where answers we seek can come more easily.

Today's meditation will focus on spiritual well-being.

Research shows that meditation can help reduce the body's production of cortisol, which is our body's stress hormone.

As a part of Well-Being Week, today's meditation will focus on slowing down and releasing stress.