One Mind

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. ~Aldous Huxley What is silence? I’ve been chasing silence since I was 20 years old. But why is it important and what can you learn from it? Is it, as some research suggests, essential for our health? Many people think of silence as just the […]

Transcendental Meditation opens the awareness to the infinite reservoir of energy, creativity, and intelligence that lies deep within everyone. – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Have you ever wanted to learn more about Transcendental Meditation (TM)? Arguably one of the most popular forms of meditation on the planet, it’s ironically challenging to learn without spending lots of money […]

Begin with little things daily and one day you will be doing things that months back you would have thought impossible. ~Swami Satchidananda Meditation and yoga have gone hand in hand for millennia. It was only when yoga came to the West that it got reduced to the calming and healthy physical practice most of us […]

One does not practice meditation to become a great meditator. We meditate to wake up and live, to become skilled at the art of living. -Elizabeth Lesser Do you struggle with stress and anxiety? At times do you feel like you’re life is a little like a hamster wheel that you can’t get off? Many […]

What you seek is seeking you. ~Rumi What does it take to keep going when, as the saying goes, the going gets tough? Really tough. We all start on the path of meditation with high hopes, serious aspirations, or maybe just guarded optimism. We come to the practice suffering from stress, anxiety, and some form of overwhelm. Maybe […]

  By penetrating very deeply the present moment, the past and future fall away, and you become free. Fear is the demon that prevents us from letting go of the past and the future, that in turn, keeps us from spontaneously plunging into the present. ~ Joe Gifford Do you fear death? Does the promise and […]

Do you suffer from chronic pain? Did you know it’s possible to reduce your pain through meditation and mindfulness? Are you aware that meditation can help reduce the stress related to chronic pain? Now more than ever, clinical psychologists are using contemplative modalities like meditation and mindfulness to help their clients manage pain. Whether you suffer from physical, psychological, […]

To deal with things, knowledge of things is needed. To deal with people, you need insight and sympathy. To deal with yourself, you need nothing. Be what you are—conscious being—and don’t stray away from yourself. ~Sri Nisargadatta What is letting go? And what exactly are we letting go of during meditation? And…how deep does it […]

It was November 1970 when Richard Miller quietly stepped outside of the first yoga class he’d ever attended and looked up into the clear California night sky. Something was different. What was it? He was relaxed, at peace, and he felt connected to everything throughout the entire universe. He had just experienced a taste of something that would become his […]

  How would you like to do nothing for the whole year? That’s the very first question that high school teacher and long-time meditator Lawrence Carroll asked his students on opening day. That’s a good way to sell meditation in the math class, but little did his students know, just how transformative “doing nothing” would be. Lawrence […]